NOVA | NOVA Short | Artic Passage

2,480 views · Published 31 January 2007 · 4:24 · Indexed 6 October 2026

Channel: NOVA PBS Official · 2007 · Science & Technology

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In this narrated slide show, see artifacts recovered from British explorer Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition to pioneer a passage through the Arctic Ocean. Narrator Russell Potter is an English professor at Rhode Island College whose research interests include Arctic exploration and Inuit culture. He is the editor of the Arctic Book Review, a biannual survey of books on subjects related to the Arctic. 

This video podcast was produced by Susan K. Lewis and edited by David Levin and Gayle Anonuevo. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.

For more on Arctic exploration, visit http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/youtube/redir/nova/arctic

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