KEN McGOOGAN

‘I think I’ve figured it out’: Author prowls mystery of Franklin expedition. In his new book, Ken McGoogan links parasites in bear meat to explorers’ deaths. By Madalyn Howitt For Arctic explorer Ken McGoogan, each trip he takes is a chance to fulfil a quest. “I almost can’t travel anywhere without some kind of a…

“New York City, baby! Come on!” Live from The Explorers Club. . . March 21, 2024 Searching for Franklin in New York City? Say thanks to . . .

Adventure Canada is making it happen. Early this autumn, we’ll be chasing Franklin Into the Northwest Passage — sailing on August 27 from Greenland and emerging September 12 at Kugluktuk. Along the way we’ll visit Beechey Island, the most famous historical site in the Arctic, where in 1846 John Franklin buried the first three sailors…

  All you need to know is just a click away. The Explorers Club, March 21. New York Public Library, March 22.

PART 2 of Once More Into the Passage: As author-historian Ken McGoogan prepares to sail again Into the  Passage, he reflects on what he has learned from following in the wake of Elisha Kent Kane. In the second installment of this six-part series, published on the Adventure Canada website, Ken starts on Beechey Island and…

Fri. Mar 22, 2024 2:00pm – 3:00pm EDT Author-historian Ken McGoogan offers a surprising new explanation for the mysterious demise of the 1845 Franklin Expedition.  Two of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin’s expeditions were monumental failures—the last led to over a hundred deaths, including his own. Somehow he remains to many a heroic figure who…

Cameron Treleaven, Louie Kamookak, and Ken McGoogan at the John Rae cairn Adventures in Arctic Exploration: Part One of Six In 1999, author-historian Ken McGoogan, along with two other men, placed a plaque overlooking Rae Strait, commemorating John Rae’s 1854 discovery—the final link in the first navigable Passage. Twenty-five years later, McGoogan finds himself reflecting…

Two ex-diplomats want Canadians to avoid commenting on the American election campaign, but to say simply that it’s a domestic issue and Americans can do as they damn well please (I’m paraphrasing). David MacNaughton and Louise Blais, formerly based in Washington and at the United Nations respectively, recently published opinion pieces warning us to shut…

Excitement is mounting for New York City: The Explorers Club, the New York Public Library, how could it be otherwise? (March 21 & 22). Of course, the climactic moment won’t come until we’re sailing Into the Northwest Passage with Adventure Canada (embarking Aug. 27). But what’s happening between those highlights with The Adventure-Canada, Searching-for-Franklin, Ocean-to-Ocean-to-Ocean,…

Join The Explorers Club on Thursday, March 21st to learn about some new discoveries regarding an infamous tragedy of early Arctic exploration. Click here to go to The Explorers Club calendar.   Urged on by the late Louie Kamookak, the celebrated Inuit oral historian, Ken McGoogan set out to discover the reality behind the myth…