Nigel Gambier was sitting in his cosy Suffolk study when he was told that his DNA matched a molar found on a jawbone that had ...

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.

Now, recent genetic work in a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, has identified some of the bones discovered on King William Island in Nunavut as those of James ...

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 ...

James Fitzjames Captain HMS Erebus F. R. M. Crozier Captain & Senior Offr And start on tomorrow 26th for Backs Fish River ...

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 ...

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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 ...