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 ...

Fitzjames, a seasoned Royal Navy officer, was part of Franklin’s 129-man crew, which set out to explore the Northwest Passage ...

Nigel Gambier has always been proud of his ancestor, who captained one of the ill-starred ships on Sir John Franklin's ...

For over a century, the bones of sailors from Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated 1845 Northwest Passage expedition remained scattered across an Arctic island, with many showing signs of cannibalism. Now, ...

An intrepid Borders rower and his crew mates were shipwrecked during their attempt to become the first people to row the ...

The skeletal remains of a senior officer of Sir John Franklin's 1845 Northwest Passage expedition have been identified by ...

Nigel Gambier has always been proud of his ancestor, who captained one of the ill-starred ships on Sir John Franklin's ...

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

James Fitzjames was one of the captains of British explorer Sir John Franklin's two ships that went missing in 1845.

Nigel Gambier has always been proud of his ancestor, who captained one of the ill-starred ships on Sir John Franklin's ...