DNA and genealogical evidence reveal, for the first time, the identity of cannibalised remains recovered from the Franklin expedition. In 1845, an expedition led by Sir John Franklin set out to find a navigable North-West Passage through the Arctic with 129 men
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We now know who was cannibalised on the doomed Franklin expedition
DNA and genealogical evidence reveal, for the first time, the identity of cannibalised remains recovered from the Franklin expedition
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DNA matches identify four more sailors from the doomed Franklin expedition including one found 80 miles away from his ship. In 1846 after two years out at sea, the ships became trapped in the ice near King William Island, and the crew eventually were forced…
🚢 DNA analysis has identified four more sailors from Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition, bringing the total identified to six.
🚢 Three sailors from HMS Erebus died at Erebus Bay, while one sailor from HMS Terror, Harry Peglar, was found 130 kilometers away.
🚢 This research resolves a 166-year-old mystery regarding one sailor's identity and sheds new light on the final stages of the doomed mission.
🚢 The identified sailors are Harry Peglar, William Orren, David Young, and John Bridgens.
#FranklinExpedition #ArcticExploration #History
🚢 Three sailors from HMS Erebus died at Erebus Bay, while one sailor from HMS Terror, Harry Peglar, was found 130 kilometers away.
🚢 This research resolves a 166-year-old mystery regarding one sailor's identity and sheds new light on the final stages of the doomed mission.
🚢 The identified sailors are Harry Peglar, William Orren, David Young, and John Bridgens.
#FranklinExpedition #ArcticExploration #History
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