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Douglas Stenton déterre des ossements de marins de l’expédition Franklin dans la baie d’Erebus. La Presse canadienne/University of Waterloo

June 26, 2026

De nouvelles analyses d’ADN permettent d’identifier d’autres membres de la funeste expédition Franklin

Douglas Stenton, University of Waterloo

Des chercheurs ont révélé l'identité de six marins et apporté un nouvel éclairage sur l'expédition qui a disparu il y a plus de 170 ans.

Douglas Stenton excavating the bones of Franklin expedition sailors at Erebus Bay. THE CANADIAN PRESS/University of Waterloo

May 24, 2026

New DNA analysis identifies more members of the ill‑fated Franklin expedition

Douglas Stenton, University of Waterloo

Researchers have revealed the identities of six sailors and shed new light on the expedition that went missing more than 170 years ago.

All 129 men who embarked on the Franklin expedition died. DNA analysis is being used to identify the remains. (Shutterstock)

June 3, 2021

DNA analysis reveals the identity of a member of the doomed Franklin Arctic expedition

Douglas Stenton, University of Waterloo; Anne Keenleyside, Trent University; Robert W. Park, University of Waterloo, and Stephen Fratpietro, Lakehead University

129 officers and crew died during the 1845 Franklin Northwest Passage expedition. DNA analysis from their remains of members can reveal the identity of the men who perished during the journey.

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