DNA analysis identifies senior officer from Franklin's ill-fated 1845 expedition
"Identification of a Senior Officer from Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage Expedition" by Stenton, Fratpietro and Park ...
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In a 1st, DNA analysis reveals identity of captain cannibalized during ill-fated Franklin expedition
A new DNA analysis has identified the remains of Captain James Fitzjames, a Royal Navy officer who disappeared on a doomed ...
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Cannibalised remains from doomed 1845 British Arctic expedition finally identified
The cannibalised skeletal remains of a member of the doomed 1845 British Arctic expedition have been identified as that of ...
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Sir John Franklin
The famous Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin has a memorial in St John the Evangelist's chapel in Westminster Abbey. He was born on 16th April 1786, the ninth child of Willingham Franklin. His brother ...