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In a 1st, DNA analysis reveals identity of captain cannibalized during ill-fated Franklin expedition
A new DNA analysis has identified the remains of Captain James Fitzjames, a Royal Navy officer who disappeared on a doomed Northwest Passage expedition in Canada more than 175 years ago.
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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 through the Canadian Arctic connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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The Franklin Exploration
It reveals the story about one of the largest manhunts in Canadian history: the search for the lost ships of the Franklin Expedition, an Arctic expedition that disappeared mysteriously more than 170 ...
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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 ...
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Franklin Expedition: New footage of wreck of HMS Terror
Researchers in Canada have been exploring the wreck of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition. The voyage departed from England in 1845 to chart the Northwest Passage. More than $100m (£77m ...
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Fascinated by the Arctic and the Franklin expedition? You’re not alone: explorers are still learning about its mysterious disappearance
Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition, by Owen Beattie and John Geiger (Greystone, 1987). It advances the lead poisoning theory after three bodies were exhumed. Unravelling the Franklin ...