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 ...

Researchers recently identified James Fitzjames, a captain on the ill-fated HMS Erebus that went looking for the Northwest ...

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Mount Erebus, Antarcticas southernmost active volcano, stands out not only for its continuous eruptions but also for its ...

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