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No Common Voyage
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No Common Voyage is a podcast about the 1845 Franklin Expedition to find the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. We will discuss the background of the expedition, some of its officers and sailors, the ships, the landscape and weather, the loss of the expedition, the search, and other topics.
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Episode 3: 'An object peculiarly British'
Dec 30, 202400:58:50Tap to summarizeIn which the Royal Navy has a big problem, Sir John Barrow has a big dream, William Scoresby Jr. has a big disappointment, and Sir John Ross has the first of many big issues. Guest stars are my cats Misha and Finn making all sorts of ruckus in the background until I get my recording space back. Email: nocommonvoyage@gmail.com Patreon Ko-Fi (Bibliography pending! Spotify's being really weird about formatting right this moment.)
Transcribe →Episode 2: The Northwest Passage Part II
Sep 5, 202400:45:41Tap to summarizeIn which I talk about the Hudson's Bay Company, say more French names incorrectly, complain about Arthur Dobbs, talk even more about the Hudson's Bay Company, and finally get to namedrop Stan Rogers. The Explorers Podcast: James Cook Furs and Frontiers Podcast: Alexander Mackenzie Email: nocommonvoyage@gmail.com Twitter Patreon Ko-fi Sources: Berton, Pierre. The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909. United States: Doubleday Canada, 2012. Bonikowsky, Laura Neilson. "The Explorations of Alexander Mackenzie." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published July 18, 2013; Last Edited March 04, 2015. Bown, Stephen R. The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson’s Bay Empire. Doubleday Canada, 2020. Brandt, Anthony. The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage. Jonathan Cape, 2011. Delgado, James P.. Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage. United States: Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Limited, 2009. Dodge, Ernest S., “KNIGHT, JAMES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 2, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed September 1, 2024, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/knight_james_2E.html. Lehane, Brendan. The Northwest Passage. Netherlands: Time-Life Books, 1982. Marsh, James H. , and Daniel Panneton. "Samuel Hearne." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published January 07, 2008; Last Edited December 17, 2015. McGoogan, Ken. Dead Reckoning: The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage. United States: HarperCollins Canada, 2017. Robinson, H.M.. The Great Fur Land: Sketches of Life in the Hudson's Bay Territory. United States: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1879. Savours, Ann. The Search for the North West Passage. United Kingdom: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Transcribe →Episode 1: The Northwest Passage Part I (and Jens Munk!)
May 28, 202400:40:18Tap to summarizeIn which I thank some people, pretend I'm professional, probably say Knud Rasmussen's name wrong (send me your Knuds!), talk about Elizabethan men going to the Arctic, and then spend a very long time telling you everything you didn't want to know about Jens Munk. Email: nocommonvoyage@gmail.com Twitter Patreon Ko-Fi Sources: Berton, Pierre. The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909. United States: Doubleday Canada, 2012. Delgado, James P.., Delgado, James. Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage. United States: Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Limited, 2009. Lehane, Brendan. The Northwest Passage. Netherlands: Time-Life Books, 1982. McGoogan, Ken. Dead Reckoning: The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage. United States: HarperCollins Canada, 2017. Munk, Jens. The journal of Jens Munk, 1619-1620. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1980. Savours, Ann. The Search for the North West Passage. United Kingdom: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Transcribe →Teaser Episode!
Apr 20, 202400:15:54Tap to summarizeWhat's the Franklin Expedition? Who's the person telling me about it? What's happening? Is that a cat in the background? These questions answered in more in this amuse-bouche before the series begins! Patreon Buy me a ko-fi!
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