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Starvation Cove: March 2015

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Mother Nature could probably not produce a more desolate spot on this wide Earth than that where the last survivors of the Franklin expedition found their end. - Heinrich Klutschak 1881. Monday, March 9, 2015. The Voyage of the Fox. By Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, 1860. McClintock's expedition found the boat in Erebus Bay and the Victory Point note. Schwatka's search, by William Henry Gilder. New York, 1881. The Search For Franklin, A narrative of the American expedition under lieutenant Schwatka.

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Hidden Tracks: Author interview with Erin Knight, Open Book: Toronto

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Wednesday, 6 October 2010. Author interview with Erin Knight, Open Book: Toronto. Just a note that I was interviewed this morning by Erin Knight of Open Book: Toronto about my book 'James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition'. You can find my interview at the Open Book: Toronto website here. It's also noted in the section listing all the reviews on the book's website at www.jamesfitzjames.net. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Erebus and Terror files.

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STARS OVER ICE: September 2012

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As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, to the end, to the end, they remain." - Laurence Binyon. Sunday, September 30, 2012. Upon the China Station. The First Opium War, known more formally as the First Anglo-Chinese War, began in 1839 when relations between China and Great Britain deteriorated, largely due to massive quantities of British opium flooding the Chinese trade market. I will not elaborate on the moral implications and deleterious effects of this conflict ( Wikipedia. Another...

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STARS OVER ICE: October 2012

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As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, to the end, to the end, they remain." - Laurence Binyon. Wednesday, October 17, 2012. David Woodman has very effectively captured the suffering that can transpire in extreme regions of the globe. His careful analyses of the Inuit testimony in Unravelling the Franklin Expedition. So, what does this have to do with mountaineering? Wilson was odd to begin with, but did the extreme conditions drive him to madness? Any conclusion is elusive. The Arctic...

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STARS OVER ICE: A Curious Parallel

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As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, to the end, to the end, they remain." - Laurence Binyon. Wednesday, October 17, 2012. David Woodman has very effectively captured the suffering that can transpire in extreme regions of the globe. His careful analyses of the Inuit testimony in Unravelling the Franklin Expedition. So, what does this have to do with mountaineering? Wilson was odd to begin with, but did the extreme conditions drive him to madness? Any conclusion is elusive. The Arctic...

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STARS OVER ICE: December 2012

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As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, to the end, to the end, they remain." - Laurence Binyon. Saturday, December 29, 2012. Owen Beattie Makes Everyone Green. At least, that's the theme of a Forward Prize-winning poem by UK poet and novelist Sheenagh Pugh. The poem appears in her anthology Stonelight. Yet, just who was John Torrington? We know him as the chief stoker on board H.M.S. January 1st will mark the 167th anniversary of John Shaw Torrington's passing. Let us take a moment...

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STARS OVER ICE: May 2013

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As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, to the end, to the end, they remain." - Laurence Binyon. Saturday, May 25, 2013. Your own proud land's heroic soil. Shall be your fitter grave;. She claims from war his richest spoil-. The ashes of her brave. These stirring lines form the second half of the ninth octet of Theodore O'Hara's venerated poem "Bivouac of the Dead.". According to Richard J. Cyriax's Sir John Franklin's Last Arctic Expedition. That, however, is another tale. When many a ...

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Starvation Cove: Franklin Expedition Links

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Mother Nature could probably not produce a more desolate spot on this wide Earth than that where the last survivors of the Franklin expedition found their end. - Heinrich Klutschak 1881. Monday, March 9, 2015. The Voyage of the Fox. By Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, 1860. McClintock's expedition found the boat in Erebus Bay and the Victory Point note. Schwatka's search, by William Henry Gilder. New York, 1881. The Search For Franklin, A narrative of the American expedition under lieutenant Schwatka.

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Hidden Tracks: July 2010

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Wednesday, 28 July 2010. Trinity House book launch. I simply couldn't have been more delighted by the launch party for 'James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition' yesterday evening at Trinity House. It's a wonderful venue and I was so pleased that so many people could come. Many thanks to Trinity House and Mint catering for looking after us all. Friday, 9 July 2010. The book has been published. And Abbie Wood, who designed the book and has also done a great job. He struggled and fought ...