Franklin expedition

Finding the dead: bodies, bones and burials from the 1845 Franklin northwest passage Expedition - Volume 54 Issue 3

Brian Spenceley recalls the expedition when he first saw his great-great uncle

It is the only known complete set of crew member photographs from the Franklin expedition in the Arctic.

In 1845, two ships left England to navigate the fabled Northwest Passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Then they vanished without a trace.

Researchers match the DNA of a South African man with a sailor on the doomed Franklin expedition.

In my last posting, I gave some general background on the Daguerreotypes made of Franklin and his officers just before their sailing in May of 1845. There, I hinted that there was something further to be learned. With thanks to my esteemed friend Dr Huw Lewis-Jones of the Scott Polar Research Institute, who first observed this phenomenon, I pass along a vision recovered from the reflective bill of Lieutenant Graham Gore's cap (see detail, inset). The image seems clearly that of a ship…

A fragment of a boat's ensign from the 1845 British Northwest Passage Expedition led by Sir John Franklin. The ensign is made of wool, hand sewn with rope attached. The item is in very poor condition and cannot be measured.

The remains of James Fitzjames from the ill-fated Franklin expedition have been identified, confirming historical reports of cannibalism among the crew. Researchers from the University of Waterloo and Lakehead University have identified the skeletal remains of a senior officer of Sir John Frankli

Peter Gregory on Instagram: “Northwest Passage Series: The Beechey Island graves. The first 3 members of the Franklin Expedition to die - Torrington, Braine & Hartnell…”

The skeletal remains of a crew member from Sir John Franklin's 1845 Northwest Passage expedition was identified in a joint study by researchers from the University of Waterloo and Lakehead University. They were found to belong to Capt. James Fitzjames, a senior officer on the HMS Erebus.