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  TORONTO -- A sailor of the doomed 1845 Franklin Arctic expedition was identified using DNA from a living relative in South Africa, marking the first time a crew member of that infamous voyage has been positively identified this way. The skeletal and tooth remains were confirmed to belong to Warrant Officer John Gregory, an engineer aboard HMS Erebus, according to scientists at the University of Waterloo (UW), Lakehead University, and Trent University. "Having John Gregory's remains being the first to be identified via genetic analysis is an incredible day for our family, as well as all...

A Yucca Valley man was arrested Thursday (May 6) accused of attempted murder. According to Sheriff’s reports, Deputies responded to the 58000 block of Twentynine Palms Highway in Yucca Valley at 7:43 p.m. for a report of a stabbing. Arriving Deputies found a 53-year-old male victim with several life-threatening stab wounds. The victim was transported by medical personnel to Desert Regional Medical Center for treatment. Deputies arrested Jonathan Gregory, 40, of Yucca Valley for investigation of attempted murder. Jonathan Gregory was booked into the Central Detention Center with his bail set...

DNA used to ID sailor from doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition with living relative The 1845 Franklin Expedition to find the fabled Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic resulted in the deaths of nearly 130 sailors, and left more questions than answers. But 176 years later, a DNA match has identified the skeletal remains of a sailor aboard HMS Erebus. Social Sharing

THUNDER BAY - On July 9, 1845, Warrant Officer John Gregory, an engineer aboard HMS Erebus, sent a letter from Greenland to his wife Hannah before sailing off with the ill-fated Franklin Expedition into the Canadian Arctic and into an enduring historical mystery. For 176 years that letter was the last Gregory’s descendants had known about his journey, but now they have an ending to his story, as his remains have become the first from the expedition to be identified genetically with the help of researchers at Lakehead University’s Paleo-DNA Lab. “Everybody wants to know what happened. ...

Diana Trepkov/ University of Waterloo By April 1848, the members of the 1845 Franklin expedition had given up hope of discovering the Northwest Passage. Their ships, the HMS Erebus, had been frozen in the icy Canadian Arctic for more than a year and a half, during which time nearly two dozen men—including the expedition’s commander, Sir John Franklin—had already perished. Realizing their only chance of survival was to seek out rescue themselves, the 105 remaining men amassed their dwindling foodstuffs and abandoned the ships. It was a disaster. Every last one of them died, and they lik...