First member of Britain's doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition is identified with DNA
First member of Britain's doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition has been identified: DNA samples reveal the face of Warrant Officer John Gregory, one of the crew forced to turn to cannibalism before perishing after his ship became stuck in Arctic ice All 129 crew members on HMS Erebus and HMS Terror of the Franklin Expedition died between 1845 and 1848 The boats got stuck in ice around King William Island and the crew were trapped in the Canadian Arctic More than 100 survived for more than 18 months and mounted a last-ditch attempt to reach safety on foot Everyone perished and remains of the sa...
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