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First Published: 10:34 AM PDT, May 6, 2021 For the first time, a member of Sir John Franklin's legendary expedition has been identified. through DNA. The damned voyage of two ships to find the Northwest Passage has captivated history since both vessels disappeared. For nearly two centuries, the fate of two ships on a doomed odyssey to find the fabled Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic has fascinated historians. Led by Sir John Franklin in 1845, the expedition of two British sailing ships, the Erebus and the H.M.S. Terror, became steeped in lore when both vessels seemingly vanishe...

HMS Terror: Identity of sailor on doomed 1845 Franklin expedition discovered using DNA Skeletal samples mean researchers can put a name and a face to crewman who perished as HMS Erebus and HMS Terror sought Northwest Passage 6 May 2021 • 9:42pm DNA analysis found the skull to be that of Warrant Officer John Gregory, an engineer aboard HMS Erebus. The discovery meant researchers were able to create a reconstruction of his face Credit:  Diana Trepkov In 1845, Sir John Franklin gathered 129 sailors on two ships and set course for the Arctic, in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage. After ...

BBC News Published image captionA facial reconstruction of the crew member researchers identified as John Gregory A member of a doomed 1845 Arctic voyage has been identified by researchers who matched his DNA with that of a living descendant from South Africa. Tests confirmed skeletal remains recovered from an island in northern Canada were those of John Gregory. Gregory was an officer on British explorer Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition to chart the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The expedition was a disaster, ending in the deaths of all 129 crew members. When their two sh...

Canadian archeologists have used DNA analysis to identify the remains of a Franklin expedition sailor and to link him with his modern-day descendants.

His Ship Vanished in the Arctic 176 Years Ago. DNA Has Offered a Clue. For the first time, researchers have identified the remains of a sailor from the doomed 1845 Franklin expedition of the fabled Northwest Passage. 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.Credit...Diana Trepkov/ University of Waterloo May 5, 2021Updated 2:10 p.m. ET On July 9, 1845, two months after departing from Greenhithe, England, Warrant Officer John Gregory wrote a letter to his wife from Greenland in which he d...