Dundas Harbour, Devon Island RCMP Huts

Dundas Harbour: Ghosts in the Fog on Devon Island

by Cory JonesArchaeology & Myth, Arctic, Arctic Canada, Canada, Franklin Expedition, NunavutPosted on No Comments

Dundas Harbour: Ghosts in the Fog on Devon Island. Under different circumstances it would have been ideal weather for getting ashore, launching the Zodiacs and exploring one of the most fascinating historic sites in the Canadian High Arctic. There was, however, one rather significant problem. Fog.

Beechey island three lonley graves of franklin expediton

Beechey Island: Polar Bears, Franklin and Three Graves Beside the Sea

by Cory JonesA Useful Guide, Arctic Canada, Canada, NunavutPosted on No Comments

Beechey Island: Three graves beside a barren Arctic beach mark the place where the first men of Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition died. We visit Beechey Island and follow the extraordinary story of Erebus, Terror and the search for the Northwest Passage.