Arctic Book Review
Thursday, January 18, 2024

An Inuk Hero

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An Inuk Hero in Rupert’s Land 1800-1834 by Renee Fossett Regina: University of Regina Press, 2023 $36.95 CA Paperback $89.00 CA Hardback   R...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

Passage: A Novel

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Passage: A Novel by Angus Wardlaw Daredevil Books, 2013, $31.95 Reviewed by Russell A. Potter Many times in these columns we've reviewed...
Friday, October 20, 2023

Tracking the Franklin Expedition

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Tracking the Franklin Expedition of 1845: The Facts and Mysteries of the Failed Northwest Passage Voyage by Stephen Zorn McFarland & Co....
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Searching for Franklin

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Searching for Franklin: New Answers to the Great Arctic Mystery By Ken McGoogan Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre $38.95 CAD Reviewed by Russe...
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Thursday, October 12, 2023

The Search for Franklin: An Irish Connection

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The Search for Franklin: An Irish Connection By Kevin Cronin Reviewed by Frank Michael Schuster Appearing at first glance as a coffee table ...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Coming soon!

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A banner season for books on the #FranklinExpedition this fall -- and we'll be reviewing all of them! pic.twitter.com/zwDXW7hvku — Arct...
Sunday, April 23, 2023

Wanderlust

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Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, An Epic Journey, A Lost Age by Reid Mitenbuler New York: Mariner Books, 2023 495 pp: $45.00   Reviewed by...
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Big Wolf

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Big Wolf: The Adventurous Life of Frederick G. Schwatka by Douglas W. Wamsley Staunton, VA: American History Press, $28.95 (paper) $48.95 (h...
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023

On Inuit Cinema | Inuit TakugatsaliuKatiget

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On Inuit Cinema | Inuit TakugatsaliuKatiget by Mark David Turner St. John's Newfoundland: Memorial University Press, 2022 $34.95 Reviewe...
Sunday, January 29, 2023

Empire of Ice and Stone

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Empire of Ice and Stone by Buddy Levy New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2022 412 pp: $29.99 Reviewed by Lawrence Millman As a polar drama, the 1...
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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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