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 ...

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.

The skeletal remains of a crew member from Sir John Franklin's 1845 Northwest Passage expedition was identified in a joint study by researchers from the University of Waterloo and Lakehead University.

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 ...

Scientists reveal the identity of a cannibalized captain from the doomed Northwest Passage expedition of 1845 to 1848. Skip to main content. Scientific American. October 7, 2024. 3 min read.

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.

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 ...

Amid frigid Arctic conditions, dwindling rations, and no hope in sight, the surviving crew of Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated 1845 expedition to chart a Northwest Passage to China finally ...

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.