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I took a DNA test – and found I’m related to a famous explorer who was eaten by his crewThe tooth belonged to James Fitzjames, captain of HMS Erebus, which had departed England in 1845 with another ship, HMS Terror, to explore the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic.Their ...
The loss of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, built in Topsham, Devon, prompted one of largest searches in history, running from 1848 to 1859 After more than 160 years of searching to understand the fate ...
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In a 1st, DNA analysis reveals identity of captain cannibalized during ill-fated Franklin expeditionA new DNA analysis has identified the remains of Captain James Fitzjames, a Royal Navy officer who disappeared on a doomed ...
25th April 1848 HMShips Terror and Erebus were deserted on the 22nd April 5 leagues NNW of this having been beset since 12th Sept 1846. The officers and crews ...
In the murkiness shrouding the wrecks of the Franklin Expedition, the mysteries are endless. How did HMS Erebus and HMS Terror end up where they did in the mid-19th ...
From 2016: How one man’s efforts to build inroads with northern communities helped uncover the second of Sir John Franklin’s doomed ships Two years after the discovery of the Franklin ...
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