In April of 1848 James Fitzjames of HMS Erebus helped lead 105 survivors from their ice-trapped ships in an attempt to escape the Arctic. None would survive. Since the mid-19th century ...

James Fitzjames Captain HMS Erebus F. R. M. Crozier Captain & Senior Offr And start on tomorrow 26th for Backs Fish River ...

If Erebus were a dessert, it would be a reverse baked Alaska—frozen on the outside, hot in the middle. It was discovered in 1841 during an expedition led by Sir James Clark Ross, who named it ...