Scientists have discovered the identity of a cannibalized victim who sailed on the doomed Northwest Passage expedition of ...

The expedition set sail on May 19, 1845, and was last seen in July 1845 in Baffin Bay by the captains of two whaling ships.

With this research, Fitzjames becomes the first identified victim of cannibalism from the Franklin expedition. His recovered ...

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

Franklin’s expedition left Kent, England, on May 19, 1845, in the hopes of finally mapping a Northwestern route around the ...

Another piece of the Franklin Expedition puzzle has dropped into place. However, like most new bits of information concerning ...

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

Concrete evidence of James Fitzjames as the first identified victim of cannibalism lifts the veil of anonymity that for 170 ...

Fitzjames was the captain of HMS Erebus, one of two ships led by Franklin that disappeared in the Arctic nearly 180 years ago ...

The researchers identified the remains of Captain James Fitzjames, second-in-command of the Erebus, through DNA extracted ...

In a shocking revelation, new DNA evidence suggests that a doomed expedition to the Northwest Passage 180 years ago likely ...

The remains of James Fitzjames from the ill-fated Franklin expedition have been identified, confirming historical reports of cannibalism among the crew. Researchers from the University of Waterloo and ...