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.

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

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

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

Mount Erebus in Antarctica, the southernmost active volcano, stands out by not only being active in the extreme cold but also ...

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

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

The researchers identified the remains of Captain James Fitzjames, second-in-command of the Erebus, through DNA extracted from a molar attached to a jawbone. The bone, found on King William Island in ...

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

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

The cannibalised skeletal remains of a member of the doomed 1845 British Arctic expedition have been identified as that of ...