Arctic Circles and Imperial KnowledgeIn 1845, an expedition led by Sir John Franklin vanished in the Canadian Arctic. The enduring obsession with the Franklin mystery, and in particular Inuit information about its fate, is partly due to the ways in which information was circulated in these imperial spaces. This book examines how the Franklins and other explorer families engaged in science, exploration, and the exchange of information in the early to mid 19th century. It follows the