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This web is mainly in the Czech language. It is a strange Slavic language, spoken in the Czech Republic. :-)

There are many websites concerning the last Franklin expedition in English. You can find links to a lot of them below (under construction).

There is online map of the Franklin expedition created by the author of this website. Very rarely I publish texts in English on Blogspot.

Any comments, questions and suggestions in English are welcomed at info(at)franklinova-expedice.cz

Useful links

There are few links: much more to come in the near future.

Blogs

• 70 North Beset
  S. L. Shreve.
  Author is a freelance writer, researcher, and archivist and this blog is his outlet for speculating, theorizing, and writing about the fate of Franklin and his crews for speculating, theorizing, and writing about the fate of Franklin and his crews.
• Aglooka - Long Strider
  David C. Woodman.
  A website by David C. Woodman, a Canadian historian, who analyses Inuit accounts of the fate of the Arctic exploration expeditions. He is the author of two books on the Franklin expedition.
• All well (Polar notes by Allegra Rosenberg)
  A blog of an American researcher on the Franklin expedition, Sir Clements Markham, and other polar topics.
• Building HMS Terror
  Matthew Bets.
  "Building Terror", blog of a modeller building a 1:48 scale model of HMS Terror. The author is a Canadian archaeologist, author of "HMS Terror" book.
• Captain of Terror
  Regina Koellner.
  
• Erebus & Terror Files
  Peter Carney.
  Occasional series of "rambling notes" (as author says) documenting author's thoughts and original research relating to the 1845 Franklin Expedition.
• Finger-Post
  Alison Freebairn.
  Full title: There stood no friendly finger-post to guide us... The author is an independent researcher from Scotland who is based in Geneva, Switzerland. Her interests include Robert Anstruther Goodsir, the 1849-1859 searches for the Franklin Expedition, and Victorian graveyards.
• Franklin's Ghost
  Ted Betts.
  
• Franklin's Lost Expedition
  Informational blog about the Canadian search for Franklin's lost ship in the Arctic in 2012.
• Hidden Tracks Archive
  The full collection of all the writings from various blogs by late William Battersby.
• illuminator dot blog
  Logan Zachary.
  The blog of the American researcher contains, among other things, a number of unique photographs.
• In Search of Franklin
  Ron Carlson.
  Blog of an American searcher of the Franklin's expedition relics
• jamesfitzjamesdotcom
  Fabiënne Tetteroo.
  Blog of the author of website jamesfitzjames.com on Tumblr.
• Kabloonas
  Andrés Paredes.
  Blog in English by a Spanish author, dedicated to Arctic expeditions, especially to the John Franklin expedition.
• Lauren Triola Writes
  Lauren Triola.
  A blog dedicated to researching the life of John Torrington, a member of the Franklin Expedition buried on Beechey Island.
• Sir John Franklin's Lost Expedition (Starvation Cove)
  Chris.
  
• Stars over Ice
  Jaeschylus.
  
• The Franklin Trail
  John MacDonald.
  Information about the Franklin expedition and several search expeditions from 1993-98. Not updated for a long time.
• the thousandth part
  "Thoughts and findings about the life and times of Captain Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier, R.N., often (predictably) associated with HMS Terror of the Franklin Expedition."
• Visions of the North
  Russell Potter.
  Blog mainly about the John Franklin's expedition. The author is Professor of English at Rhode Island College. He speciality is the history of polar exploration, with a focus on the the lost 1845 Arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin.
• Wall Bay
  Blog looking into the history of Richard Wall, ship’s cook on HMS Erebus during Sir John Franklin’s tragic 1845 expedition.

Thematic websites

• Arctic Archipelago
  Peter Landry.
  An online publication describing Franklin's life, the exploration of the Canadian Arctic, and the search for the Franklin Expedition.
• Arctonauts
  Edmund Wuyts.
  Arctonauts tries to make sources about polar exploration more accessible, by providing access to older published ones and slowly attempting to digitalize others. Currently focused on the Franklin Expedition and its crew, eventually we hope broaden our view to more of the 19th century.
• James Fitzjames – In memory of the man, the myth, the legend
  Fabiënne Tetteroo.
  A comprehensive site on the life of James Fitzjames, commander of HMS Erebus on Franklin's last expedition.
• James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition (archive.org)
  William Battersby.
  Website for the book of the same name by William Battersby. Archived version, originally at www.jamesfitzjames.net.
• The Cold Boys Fandom Hub
  Dedicated to The Terror (TV serial by AMC). It states to be a central resource for fans of The Terror.
• The Fate of Franklin
  Russell Potter.
  A Multimedia Museum of the Cultural Histories of Arctic Exploration.
• The Last Voyage of Sir John Franklin
  Google Arts and Culture
  A virtual exhibition of images and documents about the Franklin expedition.
• The Mysteries of the Franklin Expedition
  This site contains information drawn from historical records preserved in museums, archives and government records, as well as books, journal articles, and other materials.
• Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site
  Parks Canada
  Official page of the Erebus and Terror wrecks as "National Historic Site".

Maps

• Franklin expedition Relics
  Andrés Paredes.
  A detailed Google map of the remains of the Franklin expedition.
• Map of the Countries Round the North Pole
  Edward Stanford.
  Interactive viewer of a map by London cartographer Edward Stanford from around 1896.
• Map of the Franklin expedition
  Radek Svítil, Gustav Vávra.
  Map of routes, relics and memorials of the Franklin expedition and related Artic expeditions.
• Mapa Franklinovy expedice
  Radek Svítil, Gustav Vávra.
  Map of routes, relics and memorials of the Franklin expedition and related Artic expeditions.
• Polar Expeditions
  Andrés Paredes.
  Google map.
• Polar Museums, Memorials, Statues, Graves and Houses of Polar Explorers
  Andrés Paredes.
  Google map.
• Polar People
  Andrés Paredes.
  Google map of the population of the polar regions.
• The Arctic Graveyard
  Andrés Paredes.
  Google map of deaths during Arctic expeditions and graves of polar explorers.
• The Names of the Arctic
  Andrés Paredes.
  Google map of Arctic geographical names.
• Chart Showing the Vicinity of King William Island with the Various Positions in which Relics of the Arctic Expedition Under Sir John Franklin Have Been Found
  Rupert Thomas Gould. The Mysteries of the Franklin Expedition (Canadian Mysteries), 27.05.1927