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

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

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

In 1845, Sir John Franklin set out from England with 128 men aboard two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror, on a ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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