In 1845, the journey of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, led by Sir John Franklin, ended in devastating tragedy. Nobody knew what had happened to the 128 crew members who were searching for the Northwest Passage. Ken McGoogan, an explorer and author of six books about the Arctic, shared with the New York Times, “It was an anomaly, what happened to this expedition. It was the worst exploration disaster in Arctic history.” However, some remains of the explorers were later discovered in the Canadian Arctic. In 2021, scientists used DNA testing from a skull to identify members of the crew. Testing t…