VISIONS OF THE NORTH

"The Fair Augusta" as she looks today Few have looked upon such extraordinary voyages as has she, and none of her contemporar...

©Trustees of the British Museum The sad lot of Mathinna, an indigenous Australian girl who was adopted and later abandoned by Sir John ...

Eric Harvie Back in 2018, I revealed the re-discovery of the wooden anvil block recovered from the Franklin Expedition campsite at Beec...

Courtesy the LeVesconte/Wills families As they prepared for their voyage of exploration, most of the officers of Sir John Franklin...

Captain Francis Crozier (L) and Captain Brett Crozier (R) It's more than just a coincidence of names -- it's a coincidence of c...

The Resolute , showing her slightly-dented bow It's a storied name. The original HMS "Resolute," one of the ships of Belc...

The Ocean Nymph William Simpson’s career can be traced through the Hudson Bay Company Archives online, via the Servants contracts (empl...

This week, we present a guest post by Mary Williamson, who is Sir John Franklin's great-great-grand-niece and a skilled researcher an...

As the pre-eminent Franklin searcher of his day, it would have been surprising if Charles Francis Hall had  not met with Lady Jane Frank...

Reproduced with permission A lot can happen in a hundred and thirty years or so. Forensic science has certainly advanced, though ac...

Bones of contention Huxley's identification did not go unchallenged -- indeed, one of the foremost men involved in the Franklin s...