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Russian Ice Breaker - Chatting with Captain Golikov
By prisca.campbell
I had the pleasure of listening to Captain Petr Golikov speak about the early years of Kapitan Khlebnikov as an expedition vessel.
Found: Ship Lost Searching for Franklin's Expedition
By prisca.campbell
Parks Canada has a team of archaeologists in the Arctic searching for Erebus and Terror, Franklin's lost ships. Because of that search, the remains of HMS Investigator have been found, in Mercy Bay, off Banks Island in the Northwest Territories.
Tom Crean - Remarkable but Almost Unknown
By prisca.campbell
Tom Crean died 72 years ago, today. It is very likely you have no idea who he is. And that is a situation that Ireland's Crossing the Line Films is trying to change.
The Longest Winter - New Antarctic Book
By prisca.campbell
Meredith Hooper wrote the Longest Winter, a book based on the journals of members of Robert Falcon Scott's Eastern Party - Lt. Victor Campbell, Dr. Murray Levick, Raymond Priestley, Petty Officer George Abbott, Petty Officer Frank Browning and Seaman Harry Dickason.
Cinematographer Doug Allan Checks In with Exciting News
By prisca.campbell
Internationally renowned wildlife cintematographer has been on the road filming since March. During a few nanoseconds of down time, he sent us an exciting note!
Big Ice - An eighth the size of Manhattan Island in the Arctic
By prisca.campbell
Greenland just calved the biggest iceberg in the North - seven square kilometers - about an eighth the size of the island of Manhattan!
Life in a Day - July 24, 2010
By prisca.campbell
I'm hoping that guests aboard our End of an Era Northwest Passage voyage will participate in Ridley Scott's Life in a Day initiative.
Clive Cussler's Arctic Drift
By prisca.campbell
I took a field trip to my local library yesterday. I wasn't looking for books about the Arctic, but I found one. To my surprise I found it in the fiction aisles! Arctic Drift - a Dirk Pitt Novel - written by Clive and Dirk Cussler.
G20, World Peace and South Georgia
By prisca.campbell
Torontonians are thinking about getting away from it all, as the city becomes more and more difficult to explore. Security for the G20 Summit is closing down the city center. Our End of an Era expeditions are all about 'getting away" from the hustle and bustle.
Adding Up - Arctic Math and Sciences
By prisca.campbell
An expert once told me that the secret to making a positive first impression when presenting yourself as a subject matter expert was language. The proper choice of vocabulary would set you apart from the masses.
