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Remains of lost arctic explorers identified with DNA, nearly two centuries later
DNA analysis has identified the remains of lost Franklin Expedition members, nearly two centuries after their 19th-century voyage to the Canadian Arctic ended in disaster. The research sheds light on the fate of the ill-fated Arctic expedition.
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