Cannibalised remains from doomed 1845 British Arctic expedition finally identified
The cannibalised skeletal remains of a member of the doomed 1845 British Arctic expedition have been identified as that of Captain James Fitzjames.In 1845, Sir John Franklin ventured to find a navigable northwest passage through the Arctic with 129 men aboard ships HMS Terror and HMS Erebus.
We now know who was cannibalised on the doomed Franklin expedition
DNA and genealogical evidence reveal, for the first time, the identity of cannibalised remains recovered from the Franklin expedition
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J ames Fitzjames, captain of the HMS Erebus, penned the last known message from Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to the ...