VISIONS OF THE NORTH

One of the questions about the Daguerreotypes by Beard that were auctioned off last week at Sotheby's has been whether or not Beard'...

Guest post by Frank Michael Schuster The month of May 1845, when Sir John Franklin's expedition set sail started out as a cold and unfri...

Courtesy of Sotheby's Sometimes, historical artifacts can be doubly lost -- lost in the sense that their present location is unknown, bu...

Charles Dagneau opening a drawer of relics for myself and Mary Williamson   Of course, throughout the tour all of us felt immensely excited ...

Charles Dagneau, Cindy Lee Scott, and Jonathan Moore Our tour now commenced in earnest. One of the first staff members we met was Cindy Lee ...

In a city filled with government buildings, this one doesn't stand out all that much, not from outside. Among other things, it contains ...

Image from Parks Canada  It could be the breakthrough we've all been waiting for since the rediscovery of Franklin's ships -- or it ...

L to R: Peter Carney, Mary Williamson, Russell Potter and Regina Koellner For myself and my fellow editors of May We Be Spared to Meet on Ea...

Finally, the day draws near! We're happy to announce some of the first few events for May We Be Spared -- watch this page for further d...

Among the many correspondents in our forthcoming book of letters , two of the very youngest stand out from all the rest, both for their sinc...

A guest post by Peter Carney Sketch by John Irving The steam engines Engines fitted to Franklin’s ships Erebus and Terror have long been a t...