More than six decades before Scott reached the South Pole, Sir John Franklin led an expedition into the Canadian Arctic that would turn into the greatest catastrophe in polar history. Attempting ...

Gross was scouting King William Island in a small plane in 2015 when he observed “two black stones standing up vertically on a ridge” that did not belong a few miles inland.

Douglas R. Stenton, Stephen Fratpietro, Robert W. Park. Identification of a senior officer from Sir John Franklin’s Northwest Passage expedition. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports ...

The 6,736-mile journey takes 112 days, which provides plenty of time for readers to learn the story of British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and the 128 men he led on an expedition to discover ...

In 1845, Sir John Franklin set out from England with 128 men aboard two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror, on a mission to discover the Northwest Passage — a famed sea route from the ...

Gross was scouting King William Island in a small plane in 2015 when he observed “two black stones standing up vertically on a ridge” that did not belong a few miles inland.

When the weather cleared, the expedition sailed into the Victoria Strait before getting trapped in the ice off King William Island in September 1846. Franklin died on June 11, 1847, per a ...

Extreme adventurer Mark Synnott is out with his third book, chronicling his attempt to sail through the Northwest Passage in a 47-foot fiberglass boat. He traces the steps of Sir ...

Gross was scouting King William Island in a small plane in 2015 when he observed “two black stones standing up vertically on a ridge” that did not belong a few miles inland.

The 6,736-mile journey takes 112 days, which provides plenty of time for readers to learn the story of British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and the 128 men he led on an expedition to discover ...

Mark Synnott Heads ‘Into the Ice’ to Chase the Mystery of Sir John Franklin. Rob Merrill, Associated Press. Apr 16. Save Article. Failed to save article. Please ... Gross was scouting King William ...