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Mystery remains from doomed 1845 voyage identified Scientists have identified the skeletal remains of a crewmember aboard a doomed exploratory voyage 176 years ago, using DNA extracted from a distant descendant. The remains of Warrant Officer John Gregory were found in 1859, but it took until now to identify them. Researchers from University of Waterloo, Lakehead University, and Trent University extracted DNA from the teeth and bones of the remains in 2013. READ MORE: The Franklin expedition ended with the deaths of everyone on board.(W. Thomas Smith / National Maritime Museum) And the DNA ma...

 E-Mail Credit: Diana Trepkov/ University of Waterloo The identity of the skeletal remains of a member of the 1845 Franklin expedition has been confirmed using DNA and genealogical analyses by a team of researchers from the University of Waterloo, Lakehead University, and Trent University. This is the first member of the ill-fated expedition to be positively identified through DNA. DNA extracted from tooth and bone samples recovered in 2013 were confirmed to be the remains of Warrant Officer John Gregory, engineer aboard HMS Erebus. The results matched a DNA sample obtained from a direct des...

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...

In 1845, two ships departed England in search of unexplored areas within the Canadian Arctic, hoping to uncover secrets that lay in magnetic data to help aid exploration. Lead by Captain Sir John Franklin, the crew of 129 sailed into the freezing lands of what is now Nunavut, Canada, and into the Victoria Strait. This would be the last time Franklin, and all of his men, were ever seen again.  As a grim reminder of the fateful expedition, the remains of desperate sailors have been discovered across King William Island, many of which had samples taken for analysis. Now, DNA testing has...

His ship vanished in the Arctic 176 years ago. DNA has offered a clue 6 May, 2021 05:00 AM 5 minutes to read A facial reconstruction of what John Gregory, a sailor on the H.M.S. Erebus, might have looked like, based on DNA collected from a living descendant. Photo / Diana Trepkov/ University of Waterloo A facial reconstruction of what John Gregory, a sailor on the H.M.S. Erebus, might have looked like, based on DNA collected from a living descendant. Photo / Diana Trepkov/ University of Waterloo New York Times By: Bryan Pietsch For the first time, researchers have identified the remains of a ...