Better Fellows Never Breathed
Better Fellows Never Breathed [Original chapter 8 of the Unravelling the Franklin Mystery manuscript, cut by publishers to reduce length] “I certainly never …
Articles and Essays
Two Words – The Victory Point Record
Two Words The “Victory Point Record” is the bedrock on which any reconstruction of what happened to the doomed Franklin expedition must rest. This …
Big Wolf (Review)
Big Wolf: The Adventurous Life of Frederick G. Schwatka by Douglas W. Wamsley Staunton, VA: American History Press, $28.95 (paper) $48.95 (hardcover) Reviewed by David Woodman …
Second to No Other
Second to No Other Note – [This is one of the background chapters cut for length from the original 1984 manuscript of Unravelling the …
The Utjulik Wreck (revised 2003)
The Utjulik Wreck ©David C. Woodman 2003 The Utjulingmiut were certain that there had been men aboard the ship when it arrived in their …
2014 Preface to Unravelling the Franklin Mystery
2014 Preface to Unravelling the Franklin Mystery When Unravelling was first published in 1991, its central theme was that more credence should be given …
Encounters on the Passage – Eber (Review)
Encounters on the Passage: Inuit Meet the Explorers Dorothy Harley Eber University of Toronto Press, 2008 Reviewed by David C. Woodman I have always envied …
The Terror, Dr. Matthew Betts (review)
The Terror Dr. Matthew Betts Reviewed by D.C. Woodman Ever since the Arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin disappeared into the ice in 1845, …
Tom and Dave’s Excellent Adventure (Supunger 99)
Tom and Dave’s Excellent Adventure – Supunger ‘99 © David C. Woodman 2000 There was a great deal of exciting activity at Louie Kamookak’s …
Inuit Tales of Terror (locating Franklin’s second ship)
Inuit Tales of Terror: The location of Franklin’s missing ship © David C. Woodman 2016 The discovery of the wreck of the Franklin expedition vessel …