Mary Shelley, born this day in 1797, was the same age as George Back and Robert Hood. She began writing…
My instructions, in substance, informed me that the main object of the Expedition was that of determining the latitudes and…
Launched in 1793, the HBC ship Prince of Wales ferried Franklin and his party from Gravesend, England to York Factory…
On August 20, 1820, at the recommendation of Akaitcho and his fellow hunters, the Franklin party set up their advanced…
In recent years, the Record Office in Derbyshire, England has been cataloguing a treasure trove of Franklin letters. Of particular…
In the early hours of August 3, 1820, Franklin’s party set out from (Old) Fort Providence for the Yellowknife River…