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 …
Miscellaneous
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 …
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 …
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 …
Schwatka Expedition learns of the Adelaide Wreck
Schwatka Expedition learns of the Adelaide Wreck Klutschak – “ Only one person, a man of 60-70 years by name of Ikinilik-Petulak, had himself come …
Fake News
Fake News One of the most irritating things to any researcher is when a secondary source, without attribution, inserts new material into a complicated …
HALL COLLECTION – WASHINGTON VISIT
HALL COLLECTION – WASHINGTON VISIT [58915-N (#7) – PRIVATE JOURNAL – Nov 19, 1865 – Apr 3, 1866] Nov. 22/65 – [Inuit tell of …