Frankenstein: Texts and Contexts

Also known as "Lady Franklin's Lament," this ballad commemorates the ill-fated Franklin Expedition of 1845.

This 1981 song by the late Stan Rogers is considered by many to be Canada's unofficial national anthem.

Deducing arctic conditions from temperature readings recorded in ship's logs of the period.

Barrow's history of polar exploration.

Describes a voyage of discovery undertaken in 1817.

This article by Karen Piper was published in the journal Romanticism, vol. 13, no. 1, 2007, pp. 63-75.

The explorations of HMS Hecla and Griper from 1819-1820.

A letter by Sir John Ross attacking Barrow's purported knowledge of a Northwest Passage.

Attributed to explorer Sir John Ross, this letter attacks Barrow for allegedly producing a self-serving history of polar exploration.

Kathryn Schulz looks at the allure that the arctic region held for 19th-century writers.

A British Library online guide to the search for a northwest passage to the Pacific Ocean.

An account of an 1818 British polar expedition to find the Northwest Passage.

A relation of British polar exploration up to 1838.