Cannibalized remains from Franklin’s lost Arctic expedition …
Oct 11, 2024 · CNN — Archaeologists have identified the cannibalized remains of a senior officer who perished during an ill-fated 19th century Arctic expedition, offering insight into its lost …
DNA Reveals Identity of Officer on the Lost Franklin Expedition…
Sep 26, 2024 · In 2021, a team extracted DNA from a skull and identified John Gregory, an engineer aboard the HMS Erebus. Now, the scientists have used DNA to identify a second …
Doomed Franklin Expedition Ate Their Captain, Bone Study Reveals
Oct 1, 2024 · "Sir John Franklin died on the 11th of June 1847 and the total loss by deaths in the Expedition has been to this date 9 officers and 15 men." Those 105 survivors never made it …
Franklin's lost expedition - Wikipedia
Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and …
Artifacts from Franklin’s lost expedition found in shipwrecks off ...
Jan 25, 2024 · Underwater archaeologists found a treasure trove of Franklin expedition artifacts that are now jointly owned by Parks Canada and the local Indigenous Nattilik Heritage Society.
Cannibalised remains from doomed 1845 British Arctic expedition …
Sep 27, 2024 · Commemorative cairn for remains of 13 sailors from Sir John Franklin’s expedition (R Park) Since the mid-19th century, more than 450 bones, belonging to at least a dozen of …
Divers involved in Franklin expedition say the 2023 season …
Jan 29, 2024 · Archaeologists had a highly productive season of excavation on the Erebus, one of Sir John Franklin's two ships that set out from England in 1845.
'Hallowed space': Divers pull 275 artifacts from 2022 excavation of ...
Dec 19, 2022 · Commander Sir John Franklin and his 129 men never returned. More than 30 expeditions tried to find them. A few artifacts, graves and ghastly tales of cannibalism is all …
DNA analysis sheds light on lost Arctic expedition's grisly end | CTV News
Oct 11, 2024 · An engraving shows the end of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition based on a painting by British artist W. Thomas Smith exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1896.
Franklin expedition: DNA test identifies member of 1845 Arctic …
May 6, 2021 · A member of a doomed 1845 Arctic voyage has been identified by researchers who matched his DNA with that of a living descendant from South Africa. Tests confirmed skeletal …