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

The skeletal remains of a crew member from the Sir John Franklin's failed 1845 Northwest Passage expedition was given a name ...

The first known victim of cannibalism from the British Royal Navy's 1845 ill-fated Franklin expedition has been identified as ...

Nigel Gambier has always been proud of his ancestor, who captained one of the ill-starred ships on Sir John Franklin's ...

Fitzjames, a seasoned Royal Navy officer, was part of Franklin’s 129-man crew, which set out to explore the Northwest Passage ...

Another piece of the Franklin Expedition puzzle has dropped into place. However, like most new bits of information concerning ...

James Fitzjames was one of the captains of British explorer Sir John Franklin's two ships that went missing in 1845.

Ontario university researchers say they used DNA samples to identify a second crew member from Sir John Franklin's ill-fated 1845 Northwest Passage expedition.

Now, thanks to DNA extracted from a single molar, researchers have identified one of these men as Captain James Fitzjames ...

The skeletal remains of a senior officer of Sir John Franklin's 1845 Northwest Passage expedition have been identified by ...