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Canada To Search for Sir John Franklin’s Ships That Vanished in the Northwest Passage in 1848

August 16th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Canada, Disasters
TORONTO—For more than 160 years, the fate of British explorer Sir John Franklin and his men has remained locked in the frozen Arctic, but warming temperatures are threatening to change that. Canadian officials announced Friday they will lead a new search for Franklin’s two ships, their efforts driven by a desire to assert control over the [...]

The Hand in the Ice Identified as Frank Van Zandt’s

August 16th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in DNA Research, Disasters
On a July day nine years ago, amid a bleak, rocky landscape near the foot of an ancient volcano in southeastern Alaska, two amateur plane crash detectives found Frank Van Zandt’s left arm. They didn’t know that the pale remains, which resembled a delicate glove, belonged to the long-dead merchant seaman from Roanoke. All they knew was [...]