The skeletal remains of a crew member from Sir John Franklin's 1845 Northwest Passage expedition was identified in a joint ...

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

Researchers recently identified James Fitzjames, a captain on the ill-fated HMS Erebus that went looking for the Northwest ...

Ontario university researchers say they used DNA samples to identify a second crew member from Sir John Franklin's ill-fated 1845 Northwest Passage expedition.

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

Captain James Fitzjames served as captain of the HMS Erebus, but his rank didn't prevent his men from eating his remains in a ...

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, ...

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

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

The cannibalised skeletal remains of a member of the doomed 1845 British Arctic expedition have been identified as that of ...

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