I finished "The Broken Lands" last night, and Edric's words are going to stay with me for a long time. Even though I've read so much about the #FranklinExpedition. Edric's novelization is insightful, gripping and ultimately so tragically told that I became quite emotional. #Arctic #exploration
January 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I finished "The Broken Lands" last night, and Edric's words are going to stay with me for a long time. Even though I've read so much about the #FranklinExpedition. Edric's novelization is insightful, gripping and ultimately so tragically told that I became quite emotional. #Arctic #exploration
#nowwatching The Terror on Shudder. I read the book and loved it so I’m hoping the show is good as well. I’m thinking it it by what I’ve heard from @turbokat42.bsky.social. Starting episode 1 now! #horror #movies #books #franklinexpedition
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
#nowwatching The Terror on Shudder. I read the book and loved it so I’m hoping the show is good as well. I’m thinking it it by what I’ve heard from @turbokat42.bsky.social. Starting episode 1 now! #horror #movies #books #franklinexpedition
Im eisigen Norden Kanadas liegt die schwierig erreichbare #MercyBay. Ein Oberlausitzer verbrachte dort mehrere Winter - vor über 170 Jahren. Nur selten waren danach andere Menschen dort...mehr hier:
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#HMSInvestigator #franklinexpedition #polargeschichte #Miertsching
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#HMSInvestigator #franklinexpedition #polargeschichte #Miertsching
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Im eisigen Norden Kanadas liegt die schwierig erreichbare #MercyBay. Ein Oberlausitzer verbrachte dort mehrere Winter - vor über 170 Jahren. Nur selten waren danach andere Menschen dort...mehr hier:
www.trimaris.de/2025/11/04/s...
#HMSInvestigator #franklinexpedition #polargeschichte #Miertsching
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#HMSInvestigator #franklinexpedition #polargeschichte #Miertsching
How's your Sunday? A bit meh?
Maybe it needs some Tragic Doomed Love! Heroism! Horrible Death! Bitching! Watercolours! Missing Gravemarkers! and Men Geeking Out Over Flowers!
It's all here:
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#FranklinExpedition #FranklinSearch
Maybe it needs some Tragic Doomed Love! Heroism! Horrible Death! Bitching! Watercolours! Missing Gravemarkers! and Men Geeking Out Over Flowers!
It's all here:
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#FranklinExpedition #FranklinSearch
"He died much lamented": George S. Malcolm of HMS Resolute, and his grave on Griffith Island - THERE STOOD NO FRIENDLY FINGER-POST TO GUIDE US
George Malcolm of HMS Resolute died in the Arctic searching for the Franklin Expedition. His grave marker would go on a journey of its own.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How's your Sunday? A bit meh?
Maybe it needs some Tragic Doomed Love! Heroism! Horrible Death! Bitching! Watercolours! Missing Gravemarkers! and Men Geeking Out Over Flowers!
It's all here:
finger-post.blog/2025/11/02/g...
#FranklinExpedition #FranklinSearch
Maybe it needs some Tragic Doomed Love! Heroism! Horrible Death! Bitching! Watercolours! Missing Gravemarkers! and Men Geeking Out Over Flowers!
It's all here:
finger-post.blog/2025/11/02/g...
#FranklinExpedition #FranklinSearch
Jail for whoever colourised this photo, Fitzjames was a GINGER. Sigh, the paperback that should never have been. Buy the original hardback if you want to read Battersby's Fitzbio. Or just wait for my infinitely more accurate one! 🙃 #NavalHistory #FranklinExpedition
November 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Jail for whoever colourised this photo, Fitzjames was a GINGER. Sigh, the paperback that should never have been. Buy the original hardback if you want to read Battersby's Fitzbio. Or just wait for my infinitely more accurate one! 🙃 #NavalHistory #FranklinExpedition
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Frozen Lives: Fragments of Franklin’s Forgotten Sailors
Beyond Sir John Franklin, fragments of graves, spoons, and bones reveal the haunting human story of 128 sailors lost in the Arctic ice.
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October 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Another one of my proudest achievements at MF is flooding the site with #FranklinExpedition content. I cajoled our brilliant staff writer Ellen Gutoskey into writing a hard-hitting report on Little Weesy Coppin, a spectral child who allegedly revealed in 1849 where the missing expedition was 4/n
Little Weesy Coppin, the Ghost That Foretold the Franklin Expedition’s Fate
The British ships HMS 'Terror' and HMS 'Erebus' had vanished while searching for the Northwest Passage. A young Irish ghost purportedly knew where they were.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Another one of my proudest achievements at MF is flooding the site with #FranklinExpedition content. I cajoled our brilliant staff writer Ellen Gutoskey into writing a hard-hitting report on Little Weesy Coppin, a spectral child who allegedly revealed in 1849 where the missing expedition was 4/n
Mehr zum arktisreisenden Sorben #Miertsching und den Schmetterlingen hier: www.trimaris.de/2025/08/21/m...
#Schmetterlinge #Arktis #Nordwestpassage #northwestpassage #franklinexpedition #polargeschichte #HMSInvestigator #BanksIsland #Sorben #Herrnhuter #Oberlausitz
#Schmetterlinge #Arktis #Nordwestpassage #northwestpassage #franklinexpedition #polargeschichte #HMSInvestigator #BanksIsland #Sorben #Herrnhuter #Oberlausitz
Miertsching und die Schmetterlinge | Trimaris
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October 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Mehr zum arktisreisenden Sorben #Miertsching und den Schmetterlingen hier: www.trimaris.de/2025/08/21/m...
#Schmetterlinge #Arktis #Nordwestpassage #northwestpassage #franklinexpedition #polargeschichte #HMSInvestigator #BanksIsland #Sorben #Herrnhuter #Oberlausitz
#Schmetterlinge #Arktis #Nordwestpassage #northwestpassage #franklinexpedition #polargeschichte #HMSInvestigator #BanksIsland #Sorben #Herrnhuter #Oberlausitz
Day 19: Arctic
#inktober #inktober2025 #ink #October #arctic #drawing #art #doodle #Franklinexpedition
#inktober #inktober2025 #ink #October #arctic #drawing #art #doodle #Franklinexpedition
October 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Day 19: Arctic
#inktober #inktober2025 #ink #October #arctic #drawing #art #doodle #Franklinexpedition
#inktober #inktober2025 #ink #October #arctic #drawing #art #doodle #Franklinexpedition
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Frozen Lives: Fragments of Franklin’s Forgotten Sailors
Beyond Sir John Franklin, fragments of graves, spoons, and bones reveal the haunting human story of 128 sailors lost in the Arctic ice.
dlvr.it
October 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
ICYMI: Our latest Substack Frozen Lives: Fragments of Franklin’s Forgotten Sailors Subscribe for FREE #FranklinExpedition #ArcticHistory #FrozenLives
In Jan 1848, when Jane wrote the letter, Harry and the #FranklinExpedition were not yet "missing", but nowt had been heard from them since mid-1845. Brother Robert twice went in search, and by 1854 the family had seen enough news of relics to relinquish most hope.
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"Carried for long, or to the last" - Franklin relics and the Goodsir family - THERE STOOD NO FRIENDLY FINGER-POST TO GUIDE US
When Dr John Rae brought relics home in 1854, Jane Ross Goodsir was convinced that one had belonged to her missing brother Harry.
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October 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In Jan 1848, when Jane wrote the letter, Harry and the #FranklinExpedition were not yet "missing", but nowt had been heard from them since mid-1845. Brother Robert twice went in search, and by 1854 the family had seen enough news of relics to relinquish most hope.
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Our latest Substack Frozen Lives: Fragments of Franklin’s Forgotten Sailors Subscribe for FREE #FranklinExpedition #ArcticExploration #LostSailors
Frozen Lives: Fragments of Franklin’s Forgotten Sailors
Beyond Sir John Franklin, fragments of graves, spoons, and bones reveal the haunting human story of 128 sailors lost in the Arctic ice.
dlvr.it
September 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Our latest Substack Frozen Lives: Fragments of Franklin’s Forgotten Sailors Subscribe for FREE #FranklinExpedition #ArcticExploration #LostSailors
❤️ [My John Barrow scrapbook] #NavalHistory #FranklinExpedition
September 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
❤️ [My John Barrow scrapbook] #NavalHistory #FranklinExpedition
#nowreading Erebus by Michael Palin and read by the author. After reading The Terror and recently been playing FrostPunk, I can’t get the Arctic out of my mind. Recommend to me by @turbokat42.bsky.social my guide to the frozen north. #audiobook #Erebus #franklinexpedition #booksky #northwestpassage
September 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
#nowreading Erebus by Michael Palin and read by the author. After reading The Terror and recently been playing FrostPunk, I can’t get the Arctic out of my mind. Recommend to me by @turbokat42.bsky.social my guide to the frozen north. #audiobook #Erebus #franklinexpedition #booksky #northwestpassage
"arctic themed role play" -- 🏒⛸️🍦, amirite?
This post is so amazing, I don't even care if it's fake.
#FranklinExpedition #TheTerror
This post is so amazing, I don't even care if it's fake.
#FranklinExpedition #TheTerror
August 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"arctic themed role play" -- 🏒⛸️🍦, amirite?
This post is so amazing, I don't even care if it's fake.
#FranklinExpedition #TheTerror
This post is so amazing, I don't even care if it's fake.
#FranklinExpedition #TheTerror
Kursänderung - doch keine #Nordwestpassage, weil nicht eistauglich. Selbst die Segelschiffe der #Franklinexpedition und Suchschiffe wie #HMSInvestigator (mit #Miertsching an Bord) hatten damals einen verstärkten Rumpf, um dem starken #Meereis zu widerstehen. Pech für die künftigen #Polarforscher.
The #Norwegian #tallship Statsraad Lehmkuhl will not carry out the planned voyage through the #NorthwestPassage due to demanding #iceconditions. "We never compromise on safety, particularly in #Arctic waters," says the expedition leader.
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@uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Statsraad Lehmkuhl Had to Cancel Northwest Passage Voyage
The Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl will not carry out the planned voyage through the Northwest Passage due to demanding ice conditions. "We never compromise on safety, particularly in Arctic w...
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August 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Kursänderung - doch keine #Nordwestpassage, weil nicht eistauglich. Selbst die Segelschiffe der #Franklinexpedition und Suchschiffe wie #HMSInvestigator (mit #Miertsching an Bord) hatten damals einen verstärkten Rumpf, um dem starken #Meereis zu widerstehen. Pech für die künftigen #Polarforscher.
'𝐓𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤'𝐞𝐦
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 *PART ONE*
#history #canadianhistory #FranklinExpedition
#arctic #canadianarctic #arcticHistory
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 *PART ONE*
#history #canadianhistory #FranklinExpedition
#arctic #canadianarctic #arcticHistory
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August 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
'𝐓𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤'𝐞𝐦
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 *PART ONE*
#history #canadianhistory #FranklinExpedition
#arctic #canadianarctic #arcticHistory
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 *PART ONE*
#history #canadianhistory #FranklinExpedition
#arctic #canadianarctic #arcticHistory
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Fellow polar historians, in case you have not yet read this - FYI:
#franklinexpedition #northwestpassage #polarexploration #polarhistory #arcticexpedition
#franklinexpedition #northwestpassage #polarexploration #polarhistory #arcticexpedition
My excellent webmaster is retiring, so my website aglooka.ca is moving to a new host. Transfer is now underway, please be patient as I am informed that there may be issues lasting from hours to a day or so. Thanks - you should be enjoying the summer holidays instead of reading the website anyway! 😏
Aglooka – The Creative Works of David C. Woodman
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August 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Fellow polar historians, in case you have not yet read this - FYI:
#franklinexpedition #northwestpassage #polarexploration #polarhistory #arcticexpedition
#franklinexpedition #northwestpassage #polarexploration #polarhistory #arcticexpedition
Vor 15 Jahren (Ende Juli) fanden Unterwasserarchäologen in der kanadischen Arktis das Wrack von #HMSInvestigator. Der Fund brachte uns dazu, die Recherchen über #Miertsching zu intensivieren; das Ergebnis war unser Buch "Weil ich ein Inuk bin".
#Nordwestpassage #Franklinexpedition #19thcentury
#Nordwestpassage #Franklinexpedition #19thcentury
July 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Vor 15 Jahren (Ende Juli) fanden Unterwasserarchäologen in der kanadischen Arktis das Wrack von #HMSInvestigator. Der Fund brachte uns dazu, die Recherchen über #Miertsching zu intensivieren; das Ergebnis war unser Buch "Weil ich ein Inuk bin".
#Nordwestpassage #Franklinexpedition #19thcentury
#Nordwestpassage #Franklinexpedition #19thcentury
Enough folks I know are researching the #FranklinExpedition while squirreling today, I found this log entry from the USS Rescue that was sent to well ... rescue the Franklin folks. We know how that turned out. But ya know, they tried. Link to the whole log book next message.
July 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Enough folks I know are researching the #FranklinExpedition while squirreling today, I found this log entry from the USS Rescue that was sent to well ... rescue the Franklin folks. We know how that turned out. But ya know, they tried. Link to the whole log book next message.
Shocked to hear that someone's had their nomination for a top Navy job rescinded for taking part in drag acts on board.
As if that wasn't a major part of shipboard life for centuries.
L-R George Frederick McDougall, Richard Bulkeley Pearse and George Frederick Mecham of #HMSResolute in 1850-51.
As if that wasn't a major part of shipboard life for centuries.
L-R George Frederick McDougall, Richard Bulkeley Pearse and George Frederick Mecham of #HMSResolute in 1850-51.
July 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Shocked to hear that someone's had their nomination for a top Navy job rescinded for taking part in drag acts on board.
As if that wasn't a major part of shipboard life for centuries.
L-R George Frederick McDougall, Richard Bulkeley Pearse and George Frederick Mecham of #HMSResolute in 1850-51.
As if that wasn't a major part of shipboard life for centuries.
L-R George Frederick McDougall, Richard Bulkeley Pearse and George Frederick Mecham of #HMSResolute in 1850-51.
Got a tiny Sherard Osborn letter! I'm currently on a Sherry deepdive; he's a lot like Fitzjames & was close friends with John Barrow. Like Barrow, he published several books & was a very good writer! [Letter and photo my collection] #NavalHistory #FranklinExpedition
July 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Got a tiny Sherard Osborn letter! I'm currently on a Sherry deepdive; he's a lot like Fitzjames & was close friends with John Barrow. Like Barrow, he published several books & was a very good writer! [Letter and photo my collection] #NavalHistory #FranklinExpedition
I'm excited to present new portraits of the Gambier family, namely: Fitzjames' half-brother Gloucester, the wife of his half-brother William, and Jemima, the wife of his father who uh, was not his mother. #FranklinExpedition
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Gambier family portraits
I am happy to present a few portraits of members of the Gambier family from my collection. Please use the credit ‘Collection of Fabiënne Tetteroo’ if you reproduce these images anywhere…
jamesfitzjames.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I'm excited to present new portraits of the Gambier family, namely: Fitzjames' half-brother Gloucester, the wife of his half-brother William, and Jemima, the wife of his father who uh, was not his mother. #FranklinExpedition
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I was peeking ahead at future chapters of Jane Eyre (I am reading it aloud to my husband in the evenings when we have our bedtime tea) when I was startled by a familiar name on a page. Girl did you just pull him from the papers or- #franklinexpedition #jamesfitzjames
July 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I was peeking ahead at future chapters of Jane Eyre (I am reading it aloud to my husband in the evenings when we have our bedtime tea) when I was startled by a familiar name on a page. Girl did you just pull him from the papers or- #franklinexpedition #jamesfitzjames
#OTD in 1857, the steamship Fox - captained by Leopold McClintock - left Aberdeen harbour and headed for the Arctic. This was Lady Franklin's last throw of the dice, two years after the Admiralty had washed its hands of the search for the #FranklinExpedition.
July 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#OTD in 1857, the steamship Fox - captained by Leopold McClintock - left Aberdeen harbour and headed for the Arctic. This was Lady Franklin's last throw of the dice, two years after the Admiralty had washed its hands of the search for the #FranklinExpedition.