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'Building Terror' - some great analysis here - 11 September 2013
'Building Terror' - some great analysis here 📷HMS Terror as seen in the Arctic, 1836John Smith contacted Peter Carney and me recently....
Pieces of Franklin Expedition ships found - Publication date unknown
Now here's some really significant news. CBC tell us that a team led by Doug Stenton, the Director, Heritage at the Government of...
Franklin ship found - 9 September 2014
And here is the news which the world has waited for since 1848 - the finding of one of Franklin's ships. Today’s announcement by Stephen...
Perceptive interview with David Woodman - 13 September 2014
Here is a very insightful commentary by David Woodman. He is vindicated to a huge extent by the recent find of the Franklin ship....
A 1st attempt to collate evidence from the Franklin Expedition ship with other evidence - 18 Sep 14
Like many people who have followed the Franklin saga, I am still reeling over the extent of Parks Canada’s achievement in finding one of...
Facebook - 25 November 2014
It's fascinating how prevalent social media has become in the academic and business worlds. Social media, it seems, is no longer just...
"That's it!" - 2 December 2014
Yesterday Parks Canada’s Ryan Harris came to speak at the British Library about the finding of HMS Erebus, just off the coast of Adelaide...
Sponsorship Opportunity - 8 December 2014
This is a request for funding. I am privy to a very exciting programme of scientific research into an important aspect of the Franklin...
"Stars over Ice" - worth following - 16 August 2012
I haven't posted or a while. I am working pretty hard in business at the moment, and my primary research focus is piecing together the...
How much longer can the Search go on...? - 17 August 2012
In 1848 Captain Sir James Clark Ross sailed for the Arctic with the two ships HMS Investigator and HMS Enterprise. Â His mission was to...
Remembering the Franklin Expedition at Christmas - 24 December 2012
It’s months since I have posted thoughts on the Franklin Expedition and, strangely, it is Christmas which has triggered this latest...
Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Captain James Fitzjames, RN - 25 July 2013
This coming Saturday, 27th July, 2013, will mark the 200th birthday of Captain James, Fitzjames, RN, who was lost on the Franklin...
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'Building Terror' - some great analysis here - 11 September 2013
📷HMS Terror as seen in the Arctic, 1836John Smith contacted Peter Carney and me recently. He's a ship modeller who is striving to create...
Millar, Bowman and Battersby - 14 January 2014
Things have been a little quiet on the ‘Franklin front’ lately. Parks Canada has completed another year of valuable work, but without...
Ottawa life article - 17 January 2014
This presents a very clear explanation of the recent Millar, Bowman and Battersby paper. Original post: https://web.archive.org/web/20140...
The Peglar Pocket Book (2): The Words in the Roundel - 4 September 2011
On the other side of the sheet with the 'Oh Death, Whare is thy Sting' wording is the mysterious roundel. As I said in my previous...
BBC Interview - 9 September 2011
Check out my interview by the BBC here. I much appreciate the BBC asking me for some views on the Franklin Expedition. Original post...
Newstalk interview - 13 September 2011
Today I was interviewed on the Moncrieff Show on Newstalk Radio in Ireland. I enjoyed doing it and I hope people feel I did justice to...
There were survivors of the Franklin Expedition... - 5 October 2011
The one thing everyone knows about the Franklin Expedition is that nobody who went on it survived. I've said this many times myself. Yet...
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