HMS Erebus
Coverage of HMS Erebus in the Nexus archive.
- Experts identify victims from one of history's most 'catastrophic' Arctic disasters
Researchers have identified four additional crew members from Sir John Franklin's 1845 Arctic expedition using DNA analysis, bringing the total of identified sailors to six. The remains, recovered from King William Island, matched DNA from living descendants, confirming identities including William Orren, David Young, John Bridgens, and Harry Peglar.
- 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.