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

Sir Michael Palin unveilved a plaque to honour the 1845 Franklin Expedition Sir Michael, who found fame as a TV actor and a member of the Monty Python comedy group, dropped in at the Sir John ...

Sir John Franklin has been one of the most controversial — and misunderstood — figures in the history of exploration of Canada’s north.

Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition to the Arctic captivated the Victorian public with its mysterious disappearance, fruitless rescue missions and gory tales of cannibalism.

The last Arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin began in 1845 with the hope of discovering the northwest passage, but it turned into a grim fight for survival. As seen in AMC's supernatural series ...

What's believed to be the wreck of HMS Terror, one of Sir John Franklin's two ships lost in the doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition, has been found in a Nunavut bay.

Inuit have long shared tales of cannibalism on Sir John Franklin's last expedition to the Arctic, and now researchers say they have found evidence to back up those stories.

John Lutz, a history professor at the University of Victoria and a director of the Mysteries project, said it’s not as though people will make new discoveries about the Franklin expedition.