Testing to identify James Fitzjames, a captain on the HMS Erebus, was conducted. The findings were published in the Journal of Archaeological Science. Douglas Stenton, the lead study author and an ...

When Captain James Fitzjames departed the United Kingdom in 1845 on the third Franklin Northwest Passage expedition to the Arctic, he and his crew didn’t know the harrowing fate ahead of them.

Commander James Fitzjames of the HMS Erebus has become only the second body identified, thanks to DNA from a descendant. The ...

By comparing DNA from the bones with a sample from a living relative, the new research revealed the skeletal remains belonged to James Fitzjames, captain of the HMS Erebus. The Royal Navy vessel ...

Meanwhile, a more somber finding gleaned from DNA identified the cannibalized remains of James Fitzjames, captain of the HMS Erebus. The ship was part of a 19th century Arctic expedition through ...

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 ...

In this important study Dr Smith uses a wide range of primary materials to provide the first modern comprehensive examination of the work, writings and ideas of James ...

By comparing DNA from the bones with a sample from a living relative, the new research revealed the skeletal remains belonged to James Fitzjames, captain of the HMS Erebus. The Royal Navy vessel and ...

Meanwhile, a more somber finding gleaned from DNA identified the cannibalized remains of James Fitzjames, captain of the HMS Erebus. The ship was part of a 19th century Arctic expedition through ...