The mysterious fate of Captain John Franklin's doomed 1845 voyage into the Arctic to find a way through the Northwest Passage has captured imaginations for over a century and a half. A recent ...

Scientists at the University of Waterloo have identified one of the doomed crew members of Captain Sir John S. Franklin's 1846 Arctic expedition to cross the Northwest Passage. According to a recent ...

Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition is a moment of history that piques a great deal of interest and imagination today. The sailors who died trying to ...

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Another piece of the Franklin Expedition puzzle has dropped into place. However, like most new bits of information concerning this enduring exploration mystery, it raises more questions than it ...

Sailors abandoned the HMS Terror and Erebus, but were forced to resort to cannibalism in a failed effort to find help. © Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre ...

A new DNA analysis has identified the remains of Captain James Fitzjames, a Royal Navy officer who disappeared on a doomed Northwest Passage expedition in Canada more than 175 years ago. Fitzjames was ...

Scientists have discovered the identity of a cannibalized victim who sailed on the doomed Northwest Passage expedition of 1845 to 1848. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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NHMAIN copy 39088015974389 a gift. In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage - the sea route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists have identified the cannibalized remains of a senior officer who perished during an ill-fated 19th century Arctic expedition, offering insight into its lost crew’s tragic and ...