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My biography of James Fitzjames - 12 August 2009

I am now getting very close to finalising my biography of James Fitzjames, Sir John Franklin's second in command on the doomed HMS Erebus...

The Lost Daguerreotypes - 18 June 2009

Russell Potter has recently published two very interesting posts on his blog 'Visions of the North' relating to the Daguerreotypes taken...

Cornelius Hickey's 'table knife' - 3 May 2009

One of the more unusual items of cutlery recovered from the Franklin Expedition is Cornelius Hickey's 'table knife’. Petty Officer...

The graves on Beechey Island - 23 March 2009

While we all hope that one day more written material will emerge from all the archaeological research into the Franklin Expedition, can...

All about lead... 22 Feb 2009

Primo Levy said that 'lead is the metal of death'. You can't read about the Franklin Expedition for very long without coming across lead....

What is 'hidden tracks'? - 22 Feb 2009

'Hidden Tracks: the Secrets of James Fitzjames and the Franklin Expedition' is the book I've just completed. (Actually I'm obsessively...

Thinking about HMS Investigator - August 2010

he finding of HMS Investigator has made headline news across the world. What a great achievement! The Parks Canada website has a very...

Sir James Gambier - 29 Sept 2010

Until 'James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition' was published, there was no public knowledge of who James Fitzjames'...

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...

"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...

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