VISIONS OF THE NORTH

Of all the 19th-century Americans who spent a significant part of their lives searching for traces of the Franklin Expedition, Frederick...

Photo courtesy Mystic Seaport Museum; key at bottom of post I'm delighted to be able to announce that our wonderful hosts for ...

Photo courtesy Peter Carney One of the highlights of our time at the "Franklin Lost and Found" event at Mystic took place a...

Memorial to Cudlargo (and others) in Groton Not a great deal is known about the Inuk known as "Cudlargo," whose brief moment ...

At the grave of Hannah ("Tookoolito") It was truly a memorable gathering; for a day, the geographical center of gravity of th...

Keynote speaker David C. Woodman In what will be the most significant gathering in many years of those who have searched for, researche...

Some time ago on this blog, I gave the evidence that Emil Bessels had a deeper potential motive to poison the Arctic explorer Charles Fra...

It's one of the first questions I'm always asked -- how did you come to develop this abiding fascination with the story of the Fr...

The "Erebus Chalice" at the Chapel of the Snows In celebration of Sir Michael Palin's knighthood in this year's New Y...

Courtesy of Mary Williamson & Rosalind Rawnsley It was truly the end of an era. Having stepped into the public eye to champion ever...

Pam Gross at Tookoolito's Grave I've just come back from the magnificent opening weekend of Mystic Seaport Museum's "...