Crew members on the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror died after the two ships became trapped in Arctic ice ...

The 1845 Franklin Northwest Passage expedition was an unprecedented disaster in the history of British polar exploration, ...

The identification of the remains also resolved a decades-long debate about the worst disaster in the history of British ...

Archaeologists continue to use DNA analysis to identify the recovered remains of the doomed crew members of Captain Sir John S. Franklin’s 1846 Arctic expedition to cross the Northwest Passage. They ...

Nearly 180 years after the failed voyage, archaeologists are finally making progress in putting names to the bodies.

For more than 175 years, the fate of the men aboard Sir John Franklin’s doomed Arctic expedition has lingered somewhere between history and mystery. Now, advances in DNA science are helping ...

Scientists have revealed the identities of four men who perished in Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 expedition. The Franklin Expedition was an attempt to discover the fabled Northwest Passage through ...

The failed British voyage set sail in 1845 to map the unnavigated passes of the Northwest Passage and attempt to study ...

The crew of HMS Terror, although experienced and well-prepared, faced cold, starvation, lead poisoning, and sickness, leading to tragic consequences. Despite high hopes and careful planning, the ...