HMS Erebus took part in the Ross expedition of 1839-1843, and was abandoned in 1848 during the third Franklin expedition. The sunken wreck was discovered by the Canadian Victoria Strait Expedition ...

HMS Erebus took part in the Ross expedition of 1839-1843, and was abandoned in 1848 during the third Franklin expedition. The sunken wreck was discovered by the Canadian Victoria Strait Expedition ...

Parks Canada’s underwater archaeology team explored the legendary shipwrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, lost on the ill-fated Franklin Expedition of 1845. Their research added to the body of ...

This oil painting by the Belgian marine artist François Etienne Musin (1820–1888) refers to HMS ‘Erebus’s’ Arctic venture under the command of Sir John Franklin in 1845.

DNA analysis sheds new light on the fate of the men in Sir John Franklin’s doomed Arctic voyage to explore the Northwest Passage, according to the latest research.

Archaeologists have identified the cannibalized remains of a senior officer who perished during an ill-fated 19th century Arctic expedition, offering insight into its lost crew’s tragic and ...

The Shipwrecks From John Franklin’s Doomed Arctic Expedition Were Exactly Where the Inuit Said They Would Be In May 1845, 129 British officers and crew members set out in search of the Northwest ...

Two individual crew members from the HMS Erebus have been identified: an engineer named John Gregory in 2021, and Captain James Fitzjames in 2024. Further evidence of cannibalism was identified on ...

The expedition's two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, departed England in May 1845 but never reached the Pacific Ocean via the Arctic. The ships were stranded in the Victoria Strait's ice in ...

Captain James Fitzjames served as captain of the HMS Erebus, but his rank didn't prevent his men from eating his remains in a desperate bid to survive.