The disappearance of HMS Erebus is a tale shrouded in mystery, but one man has discovered a personal connection to its ...

Professional Coin Grading Service recently encapsulated a rare 1862 Bank of Germantown $1 note hailing from the Philadelphia ...

A new study amplifies the horror of an excellent series about the doomed Franklin expedition. The Terror is a worthy tribute to the lost sailors, says Bethan Ackerley ...

The lost expedition of John Franklin is a classic tale of traveling gone wrong. When the British Royal Navy officer set out from England with two ships in 1845, their goal was to forge a way through ...

While many wouldn't consider the Arctic one of the world's most unusual places with unexplained phenomena, we still don't ...

the successful Ross expedition to the Antarctic of 1839 to 1843, and Sir John Franklin's ill-fated attempt to force the Northwest Passage in 1845, during which she was lost with all hands along with ...

Joseph Hooker's first major botanical expedition was on HMS Erebus as part of Captain James Clark Ross' Antarctica expedition (1839-1843). During his life time, Joseph Hooker travelled extensively.

This summer's search for the Avro Arrow models can be likened to the hunt for Sir John Franklin's lost ships. The first vessel – the HMS Erebus – was discovered in September 2014 by a Canadian ...