“Ah, for just one time, I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea…”
– Stan Rogers, Northwest Passage, 1981
Header image by Hurkxion
15 August 2025
USS Archer
Mitchell’s Olde Towne Tavern looked exactly how it sounded- bleached wood sidings, giant windows, a sharply peaked roof, a great big wooden sign on a post, creaking in the sharp sea breeze blowing in from the bay. It really wasn’t that chilly at all today, but considering landside [...]