The remains of one of the men on who died during the doomed Franklin Expedition has finally been identified. Commander James ...
In 1845, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror took off from England on an expedition to the Arctic. The expedition was led by Sir ...
Scientists have discovered the identity of a cannibalized victim who sailed on the doomed Northwest Passage expedition of ...
The expedition set sail on May 19, 1845, and was last seen in July 1845 in Baffin Bay by the captains of two whaling ships.
Franklin’s expedition left Kent, England, on May 19, 1845, in the hopes of finally mapping a Northwestern route around the ...
Captain James Fitzjames served as captain of the HMS Erebus, but his rank didn't prevent his men from eating his remains in a ...
Researchers recently identified James Fitzjames, a captain on the ill-fated HMS Erebus that went looking for the Northwest ...
In a shocking revelation, new DNA evidence suggests that a doomed expedition to the Northwest Passage 180 years ago likely ...
A recent scientific paper shed light on the gruesome ends for the expedition’s sailors, confirming that James Fitzjames, the captain of the HMS Erebus, was the first identified victim of ...
Mount Erebus, Antarcticas southernmost active volcano, stands out not only for its continuous eruptions but also for its ...
Later, both the ships got trapped in Arctic ice. The crew was faced with a deadly situation and so 105 of them left the ship ...
With this research, Fitzjames becomes the first identified victim of cannibalism from the Franklin expedition. His recovered ...