Anchors and Propellers
Anchors and Propellers @ David C. Woodman 2025 It’s been over a decade since the wreck of HMS Erebus was found, largely intact, under the …
Other Writings
The Matty Island Shoals
The Matty Island Shoals In late August or early September 1846, Sir John Franklin and his two captains faced a problem. Having brought their …
Puhtoorak, Position and Pronouns
Puhtoorak, Position and Pronouns There are many accounts in the nineteenth-century Inuit remembrances of Inuit visits to the ships of the Franklin expedition. These can …
Our Big Day of Suffering
Our big day of suffering Wednesday June 21, 1995 After the trials of yesterday, we awoke late and were slow starting. I pointed out that …
Rae travels toward Fury and Hecla Strait (1847)
The Most Fatiguing Journey: Rae up the coast of Melville Peninsula Rae and Corrigal at Fraser Bay [sp?] 22 May 1847 (68° 33’N, 85° 20’W) …
McClintock learns of the wreck at Oot-loo-lik
McClintock learns of the Oot-loo-lik wreck I also purchased a knife which had some indistinct markings on it such as ship’s cutlasses or swords usually …
Rae learns of Franklin
Rae learns of Franklin We were now joined by another of the natives who had been absent, seal hunting yesterday, but being anxious to see …
Arviligjuarmiut Testimony
Arviligjuarmiut Testimony on Franklin and Others [Reported by Knud Rasmussen] (1931) It is the general belief that the wrecked ships of the Franklin expedition …
Missing Planks
The missing planks Now that the wrecks of both of Franklin’s ships have been found, one glaring discrepancy in the Inuit histories concerning them has …
Enukshakak and Nowya
From: Burwash, Canada’s Western Arctic, pp 72-73 “During 1928-29 the writer again visited this area, spending the winter at Gjoa Haven. In April, 1929, both …