Arctic Book Review
Monday, April 7, 2014

Stray Leaves from the Arctic

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In 1852, the indefatigable Sherard Osborn -- a prolific if not always pleasant collaborator and author -- published his Stray Leaves from...
Friday, March 21, 2014

Graves of Ice

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Graves of Ice: The Lost Franklin Expedition By John Wilson Scholastic Canada, CDN$ 14.99 Ages 9-12 Reviewed by Kristina Gehrmann ...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Shipwreck at Cape Flora

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Shipwreck at Cape Flora: The expeditions of Benjamin Leigh Smith, England’s forgotten Arctic Explorer by P.J. Capelotti Calgary: Univ...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

In Those Days

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In Those Days: Collected Writings on Arctic History Book 1: Inuit Lives by Kenn Harper Iqaluit: Inhabit Media. $19.95 Reviewed by ...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

In the Shadow of the Pole

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In the Shadow of the Pole: An Early History of Arctic Expeditions, 1871-1912 By S.L. Osborne Toronto: Dundurn, CDN$26.99 Reviewed b...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Lost Beneath the Ice: The Story of HMS Investigator

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Lost Beneath the Ice: The Story of HMS Investigator Text by Andrew Cohen, with images from Parks Canada Toronto: Dundurn CDN$29.99 ...
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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Illusions in Motion

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Illusions in Motion: Media Archaeology of the Moving Panorama and Related Spectacles By Erkki Huhtamo. Boston, MIT Press, $45.00 Re...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Loss and Cultural Remains in Performance: The Ghosts of the Franklin Expedition

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Loss and Cultural Remains in Performance: The Ghosts of the Franklin Expedition By Heather Davis-Fisch NY: Palgrave Macmillan, $85 ...
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Sunday, May 5, 2013

The Ambitions of Jane Franklin

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The Ambitions of Jane Franklin, Victorian Lady Adventurer By Alison Alexander Allen & Unwin. 294pp.  AU $35 Reviewed by Russell...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Nanook and Palo

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Nanook of the North and The Wedding of Palo , and other Films of Arctic Life Flicker Alley, $44.95 Reviewed by Russell A. Potter ...
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Russell Potter
Russell Potter is Professor of English at Rhode Island College. He speciality is the history of polar exploration (Arctic Spectacles, 2007), with a focus on the the lost 1845 Arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin; his 2016 book, Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search,details the long search for evidence of the expedition. In 2022, along with Peter Carney, Regina Koellner, and Mary Williamson, he has edited a volume containing all the known letters to and from Franklin's men: May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth: Letters of the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition; the publisher is McGill-Queen's University Press.
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