On this site you can see a note left by a member of the ill-fated Franklin expedition and read a transcript of it.

This NOVA site has information on the past and the future of the Northwest Passage. The first article discusses the effect of global warming and the possibility of an ice-free shipping lane through the Northwest Passage.

In this five-part audio slide show Russell Potter talks about what has been found from the ill-fated Franklin expedition. He also puts the expedition in historical context with drawings and newspaper articles from the time.