Posts Tagged ‘arctic cairn’
Missing Amundsen photo turns up in Yellowknife museum
Here’s the “final answer” as reported in The Gazette. . . . By KEN MCGOOGAN A Yellowknife heritage centre holds the final answer to questions raised by the opening of an Arctic “mystery box” excavated from a cairn in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut. The wooden box, according to those who opened it Friday in Ottawa, contained…
Read MoreNo Franklin, no Amundsen: Why the delay?
So the box contains no Franklin items. For that I was ready. But nothing related to Roald Amundsen? That was a surprise. But then my old friend Louie Kamookak clarified for me. He was one of the two men with whom I once placed a plaque on the coast of Boothia Peninsula to honour the…
Read MoreOur “mystery box” goes national . . .
Click on the above title and look to the right to see how our mystery-box story looked when it turned up on The National . . . All that’s left is the Great Reveal, which should happen around Sept. 29 . . . VIDEO: 3:06 * Franklin Expedition box unearthed An Inuit family says a…
Read MoreThe Holy Grail of Arctic exploration history
The voyage came courtesy of Adventure Canada, which brought me aboard as a resource historian. The Montreal Gazette published the story on Sept. 3. The Vancouver Sun picked it up immediately. The excavation of the cairn may take three or four days. By Ken McGoogan Special to the Gazette GJOA HAVEN, King William Island, Nunavut…
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