HMS Erebus took part in the Ross expedition of 1839-1843, and was abandoned in 1848 during the third Franklin expedition.

Archaeologists recovered the HMS Erebus in 2014, centuries after the ship sank and its case went cold. New artifacts are sharing its secrets.

A recent scientific paper shed light on the gruesome ends for the expedition’s sailors, confirming that James Fitzjames, the captain of the HMS Erebus, was the first identified victim of ...

Captain James Fitzjames served as captain of the HMS Erebus, but his rank didn't prevent his men from eating his remains in a desperate bid to survive.

These buttons from the 1850s were left during the search for the lost Franklin expedition. The buttons would guide survivors to food and possibly rescue.

Archaeologist Marc-André Bernier carefully excavates a seamen’s chest in the forecastle (crew living quarters) on the lower deck of HMS Erebus in 2023. Brett Seymour, Parks Canada ...

Tucked in among the glaciers, fiery Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, providing a bit of heat amid the frozen landscape of Antarctica.

 In 2014, explorers located the remains of the HMS Erebus, with the Terror's wreckage found two years later just off the coast of King William Island.

Divers recovered hundreds of artifacts, including a quill pen and tableare, from the wreck of the HMS Erebus in the Arctic. Screengrab from Parks Canada Hundreds of artifacts, including serving ...

Divers recover trove of artifacts from HMS Erebus shipwreck in Canada, video shows. Among items are pistol, coins, sealed medicine bottle ...

What happened to HMS Erebus and HMS Terror? Franklin’s lost expedition, as it’s known, was waved off from the Kent coast in 1845 with the 59-year-old British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer ...

A recent scientific paper shed light on the gruesome ends for the expedition’s sailors, confirming that James Fitzjames, the captain of the HMS Erebus, was the first identified victim of ...