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Unravelling the Franklin Mystery, Second Edition
Inuit TestimonyBy David C. Woodman
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MQUP’s Recommended Franklin Expedition Reading List!
In light of the exciting news this week of the discovery of the HMS Terror, we thought we would put together a reading list for Franklin enthusiasts, as well as for those looking to learn more about this famous expedition and the mystery surrounding its disappearance. The reading list is quite varied and includes two brand new fall 2016 releases – Finding Franklin and Lines in the Ice, a book by John Franklin’s wife Lady Jane Franklin, another by world renown Franklin expert David. C. Woodman which discusses the Inuit connection, and even a book of poetry!
Finding Franklin
The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search
The full story of those who have searched for Franklin since his expedition disappeared.
In 2014 media around the world buzzed with news that an archaeological team from Parks Canada had located and identified the wreck of HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage. Finding Franklin outlines the larger story and the cast of detectives from every walk of life that led to the discovery, solving one of the Arctic’s greatest mysteries. Read more>
Lines in the Ice
Exploring the Roof of the World
A visual history of Arctic exploration and how it has shaped the modern world.
The 2014 discovery of HMS Erebus – a ship lost during Sir John Franklin’s 1845 expedition to find the Northwest Passage – reignited popular, economic, and political interest in the Arctic’s exploration, history, anthropology, and historical geography. Lines in the Ice investigates the allure of the North through topographical views, maps, explorers’ diaries, and historic photographs. Read more>
As affecting the fate of my absent husband
A collection of Lady Franklin’s public letters offers a vital new perspective on one of the great tragedies of Victorian Britain.
The tragic fate of the lost Franklin expedition (1845-48) is a well-known part of exploration history, but there has always been a gap in the story – a personal account that begs to be told. In As affecting the fate of my absent husband, Erika Behrisch Elce has collected the poignant letters of Sir John Franklin’s wife, Jane, which provide a vital new perspective on the tragedy. Read more>
Unravelling the Franklin Mystery, Second EditionInuit TestimonyBy David C. Woodman
David Woodman’s classic reconstruction of the mysterious events surrounding the tragic Franklin expedition has taken on new importance in light of the recent discovery of the HMS Erebus wreck, the ship Sir John Franklin sailed on during his doomed 1845 quest to find the Northwest Passage to Asia.
Unravelling the Franklin Mystery boldly challenged standard interpretations and offered a new and compelling alternative. Among the many who have tried to discover the truth behind the Franklin disaster, Woodman was the first to recognize the profound importance of Inuit oral testimony and to analyze it in depth. Read more>
Franklin’s Passage
Book of poetry
Based upon the various conflicting accounts of John Franklin’s calamitous attempt to complete and map the Northwest Passage, Franklin’s Passage takes as its starting point a series of rhetorical questions posed by Henry David Thoreau in Walden: “Is not our own interior white on the chart? Is it a North-West passage around this continent, that we would find? Are these the problems which most concern mankind? Is Franklin the only man who is lost?” David Solway explores the concepts of narrative, parable, and allegory, treating the failed Expedition as an unfolding text in which the human adventure is subsumed and recorded, introducing the Expedition as a mirror in which the soul may see itself. Read more>
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