In May 1845, one of England’s most storied naval officers, Sir John Franklin, launched an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. Once thought to be ice-free, the legendary North Pole ...

Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition is a moment of history ... The bones of James Fitzjames, captain of the ...

A new DNA analysis has identified the remains of Captain ... doomed Northwest Passage expedition in Canada more than 175 years ago. Fitzjames was part of an expedition led by Sir John Franklin ...

Extreme adventurer Mark Synnott is out with his third book, chronicling his attempt to sail through the Northwest Passage in ...

The mystery of the subtitle is what happened to John Franklin. On May 19, 1845, the Royal Navy expedition commander set off from Greenhithe, England, in search of the Northwest Passage.

The only written record ever found of the disastrous Franklin Northwest Passage expedition of 1845-1848 was discovered in 1859. It was found in a stone cairn erected on the western shore of King ...

Into the Ice,” a travelogue, historical mystery and memoir, recounting a sail through the Northwest Passage, will appeal to ...

For one man to have conquered the Northwest Passage, the North Magnetic Pole ... how much of an iconic story was the Franklin disaster? Huntford: The Franklin story was one of these romantic ...