Selling the North.

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    • Subject Terms:
      CANADA
    • Subject Terms:
      BALSILLIE, Jim; FRANKLIN, John, Sir, 1786-1847; NEWTON, John
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the role of businessman Jim Balsillie in the search for the sunken ships used by John Franklin in his expedition to the Arctic. Topics discussed include the efforts of Balsillie to make the Arctic region part of Canada, his belief that doing so will increase tourism to the region, and John Newton, who is Rear-Admiral of the Canadian Navy.