Doomed Franklin Expedition Ate Their Captain, Bone Study ...
WEB1 day ago · Doomed Franklin Expedition Ate Their Captain, Bone Study Reveals. The mandible of James Fitzjames. (Anne Keenleyside/Stenton et al., J. Archaeol. Sci. Rep., 2024) Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition is a moment of history that piques a great deal of interest and imagination today. …
Horrific Fate of Officer in Doomed Arctic Expedition Revealed
WEB1 day ago · Their first success came in 2021 when they were able to confirm some bones belonged to John Gregory, who was an engineer aboard Erebus. Meanwhile, as interest in the Franklin expedition continued ...
Franklin expedition captain who died in 1848 was cannibalized ...
WEB1 day ago · When the weather cleared, the expedition sailed into the Victoria Strait before getting trapped in the ice off King William Island in September 1846. Franklin died on June 11, 1847, per a ...
Cannibalism Confirmed: DNA Links Lost Officer to Franklin ...
WEB1 day ago · The remains of James Fitzjames from the ill-fated Franklin expedition have been identified, confirming historical reports of cannibalism among the crew. Researchers from the University of Waterloo and Lakehead University have identified the skeletal remains of a senior officer of Sir John Franklin’s …
Pride and sorrow for descendant of Franklin expedition captain
WEB13 hours ago · Photo by HO / The Canadian Press. Nigel Gambier has always been proud of his ancestor, who captained one of the ill-starred ships on Sir John Franklin’s disastrous expedition in search of the ...
DNA reveals identity of Franklin expedition officer; remains ...
WEB3 days ago · The Franklin expedition, which set out in 1845 under the command of Captain Sir John Franklin, aimed to navigate the last uncharted sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, carried 129 officers and crew, tasked with improving knowledge of …
Franklin expedition descendant confirms DNA match with ... - CP24
WEB5 days ago · Published Thursday, September 26, 2024 5:24AM EDT. Nigel Gambier has always been proud of his ancestor, who captained one of the ill-starred ships on Sir John Franklin's disastrous expedition in ...
Another Franklin expedition crew member has been identified
WEBSep 24, 2024 · Fitzjames is just the second of those 105 to be positively identified, joining John Gregory, engineer aboard HMS Erebus, whom the team identified in 2021. “The identification of Fitzjames’ remains provides new insights about the expedition’s sad ending,” said Dr. Douglas Stenton, adjunct professor of anthropology at Waterloo.
Divers involved in Franklin expedition say the 2023 season ...
WEBJan 29, 2024 · The manager of a team of Parks Canada underwater archeologists excavating the rediscovered ships of the doomed Franklin expedition once held in his hands the lens from a pair of eyeglasses...
Scientists use DNA to identify bones, find descendants of ...
WEBSep 24, 2024 · Scientists have managed to identify bones belonging to a member of the Franklin expedition, a 19th-century voyage of exploration and discovery that ended in disaster, starvation and death. James ...