Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition by Owen Beattie and John Geiger (Book Review)

“It gave me nightmares,” admitted Margaret Atwood of Frozen in Time in her introduction to this epic and thrilling account of the failure 1845 Franklin Expedition, and the reason for it—considered to this day one of the greatest mysteries of Arctic exploration of all time. Hooked, I began reading this ambitious project undertaken by Owen…

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Revived by the City

Even after 5pm, life lingers on the streets in a soft hum in North York, Toronto. I’m used to roads settling into silence like the afternoon dust in our old suburban neighborhood. But here in Canada’s largest city, evenings have a liveliness of their own and I love it. People remain chatting in the Starbucks…

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