July 15 marks World Arctic Sea Ice Day, a campaign organized by Polar Bears International to raise awareness about the rapid ...

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 ...

When Captain James Fitzjames departed the United Kingdom in 1845 on the third Franklin Northwest Passage expedition to the Arctic, he and his crew didn’t know the harrowing fate ahead of them.

Captain James Fitzjames served as captain of the HMS Erebus, but his rank didn't prevent his men from eating his remains in a desperate bid to survive. Skip to content Gizmodo. Search .

One of the brave sailors who was lost in Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845 has been identified using a DNA sample. His name was Captain James Fitzjames, a senior officer onboard HMS ...

Captain James Fitzjames is believed to be the person to who the skeletal remains belong. He had joined British explorer Sir John Franklin's venture to find a Northwest Passage through the Arctic ...

James Fitzjames is the second crew member of the ill-fated Franklin expedition who has been identified. His skeletal remains were detected through DNA research. The CBC's Mary-Jean Cormier speaks ...

More than three decades later, one of those men has been identified as Capt. James Fitzjames. Researchers traced his DNA from a bone sample—which reportedly showed telltale signs of ...

James Fitzjames was one of the captains of British explorer Sir John Franklin's two ships that went missing in 1845. ... Fitzjames is just the second of those 105 to be positively identified, ...