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Captain Sir John Franklin

Coverage of Captain Sir John Franklin in the Nexus archive.

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HMS Erebusplace1Journal of Archaeological Scienceorganization1Northwest Passageplace1Victoria Straitplace1King William Islandplace1Beechey Islandplace1
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  • SCIENCEMay 8 · 15:15 UTCARS TECHNICA
    DNA identifies four more crew members of doomed Franklin expedition

    Archaeologists have identified four more crew members of Captain Sir John Franklin's doomed 1846 Arctic expedition using DNA analysis. The expedition aimed to cross the Northwest Passage but became icebound, resulting in the deaths of all 129 crew members. The findings were reported in two papers published in the Journal of Archaeological Science and the Polar Record.