Sir John Franklin, British naval officer and arctic explorer, commanded the 1845 expedition of the ships to search for the Northwest Passage. All members of the expedition perished. G.

DNA Evidence has identified the Remains of a sailor on Northwest Passage expedition in 1845. University of Waterloo. By DEBORAH HASTINGS . First Published: 10:34 AM PDT, May 6, 2021.

In 1845 explorers sought the Northwest Passage—then vanished The failed expedition was one of the grimmest chapters in the history of Arctic exploration. Researchers aim to shed light on its ...

More information: Douglas R. Stenton et al, Identification of a senior officer from Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (2024). DOI: 10. ...

The skeletal remains of a senior officer of Sir John Franklin's 1845 Northwest Passage expedition have been identified using DNA and genealogical analyses. Skip to main content.

In 1993, the skeletal remains of more than a dozen sailors lost on Sir John Franklin’s doomed 1845 expedition through the Northwest Passage were found scattered along the rocks of a remote ...

In May 1845, one of England’s most storied naval officers, Sir John Franklin, launched an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. Once thought to be ice-free, the legendary North Pole ...

The skeletal remains of a senior officer of Sir John Franklin's 1845 Northwest Passage expedition have been identified by researchers from the University of Waterloo and Lakehead University using DNA ...

Doomed 19th-Century Arctic Expedition Wasn’t Brought Down by Lead Poisoning, Study Finds The Franklin Expedition, a 19th-century mission to chart a fabled northwest passage from the Atlantic to ...

One of two ships lost more than 160 years ago in an ill-fated expedition to the Northwest Passage led by British Capt. Sir John Franklin has been found by Canadian archaeologists, Prime Minister ...