Remote, windswept, and harsh, the isle is classified as a polar desert, with barren mountains rising above frost-worn beaches ...

"Identification of a Senior Officer from Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage Expedition" by Stenton, Fratpietro and Park ...

The expedition was led by Sir John Franklin, an experienced explorer. His goal was to find the Northwest Passage, a shortcut ...

A new DNA analysis has identified the remains of Captain James Fitzjames, a Royal Navy officer who disappeared on a doomed ...

Under the command of Sir John Franklin, the two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, left England in 1845 but became icebound ...

It reveals the story about one of the largest manhunts in Canadian history: the search for the lost ships of the Franklin Expedition, an Arctic expedition ... lorsque l’explorateur britannique Sir ...

John joined the Royal Navy and sailed under the command of his cousin Matthew Flinders to Australia and later travelled to China. Franklin was present at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and in 1819 ...

What about John Franklin and the 128 men who set out ... Parks Canada handlers after the Newfoundland dog on board the Franklin Expedition — has already had a peek inside the crushed remains ...

Known as "the man who ate his boots" after being forced to eat the leather parts of clothes when near starvationA pair of snow shoes used by Captain John Franklin (1786-1847) on his expedition to ...

Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition, by Owen Beattie and John Geiger (Greystone, 1987). It advances the lead poisoning theory after three bodies were exhumed. Unravelling the Franklin ...

He was involved in the search for the lost Franklin Expedition and was noteworthy for ... according to the John Rae Society. Every storm that blows over Orkney causes the building to deteriorate ...