DNA analysis identifies senior officer from Franklin's ill-fated 1845 expedition
More information: Douglas R. Stenton et al, Identification of a senior officer from Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage ...
The Scientist7y
DNA Analysis Throws New Light on the 1845 Franklin Arctic Expedition
None would survive. These last members of Sir John Franklin’s doomed 129-man expedition to map the Northwest Passage all perished, many just a few miles from where they’d started—although the bodies ...
PBS6y
Tracing the Routes
Though Sir John Franklin was a celebrated English explorer ... On this interactive map, compare key points on both expeditions and follow their routes from beginning to end. To open the map ...
Chip Chick on MSN5mon
The Lost Remains Of A Captain Who Died During The Franklin Expedition Were Recovered In The Canadian Arctic, And Bone Analysis Showed Signs Of Cannibalism
The expedition was led by Sir John Franklin, an experienced explorer. His goal was to find the Northwest Passage, a shortcut ...
Westminster Abbey6y
Sir John Franklin
Dr John Rae, explorer based in Canada, found out about the fate of the expedition. But definite evidence of Franklin's death was not found until 1859 when Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock led a ...
toronto.com1y
Fascinated by the Arctic and the Franklin expedition? You’re not alone: explorers are still learning about its mysterious disappearance
An extensive analysis of Inuit oral testimony, often graphic. Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin’s Lost Polar Expedition, by Scott Cookman (John Wiley, 2000). It rejects lead poisoning, ...