Scientists have discovered the identity of a cannibalized victim who sailed on the doomed Northwest Passage expedition of ...

The expedition set sail on May 19, 1845, and was last seen in July 1845 in Baffin Bay by the captains of two whaling ships.

With this research, Fitzjames becomes the first identified victim of cannibalism from the Franklin expedition. His recovered ...

John Franklin died on June 11, 1847, but 105 officers and crew survived long enough to abandon the ships on April 22, 1848, ...

Concrete evidence of James Fitzjames as the first identified victim of cannibalism lifts the veil of anonymity that for 170 ...

Fitzjames was the captain of HMS Erebus, one of two ships led by Franklin that disappeared in the Arctic nearly 180 years ago ...

The researchers identified the remains of Captain James Fitzjames, second-in-command of the Erebus, through DNA extracted ...

Captain James Fitzjames served as captain of the HMS Erebus, but his rank didn't prevent his men from eating his remains in a ...

In 1845, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror took off from England on an expedition to the Arctic. The expedition was led by Sir ...

Franklin’s expedition left Kent, England, on May 19, 1845, in the hopes of finally mapping a Northwestern route around the ...

In a shocking revelation, new DNA evidence suggests that a doomed expedition to the Northwest Passage 180 years ago likely ...

The expedition set sail on May 19, 1845, and was last seen in July 1845 in Baffin Bay by the captains of two whaling ships.