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

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

It’s an exciting time to be a part of AMC’s The Terror fandom. Through the efforts of one of its members, a team of ...

The cannibalised skeletal remains of a member of the doomed 1845 British Arctic expedition have been identified as that of Captain James Fitzjames. In 1845, Sir John Franklin ventured to find a ...

The first known victim of cannibalism from the British Royal Navy's 1845 ill-fated Franklin expedition has been identified as ...

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

The remains found were of James Fitzjames, who took the lead of HMS Erebus following the death of Franklin. Dr Douglas ...

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

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

Now, thanks to DNA extracted from a single molar, researchers have identified one of these men as Captain James Fitzjames ...

Researchers have used DNA analysis to find that some of the remains on King William Island in Canada belong to a lad named ...