加拿大滑铁卢大学的人类学家利用DNA技术，通过对遗骨和现代后裔DNA样本的比对，确认了1845年富兰克林北极探险队四名水手的身份1。其中最引人瞩目的是HMS恐怖号船长前桅手哈里·佩格勒，其身份在被发现166年后才得以确认1。另外三名新确认的遇难者分别为威廉·奥伦（普通水手）、大卫·扬（一等兵）和约翰·布里奇斯（下士军官勤务员）1。
探险队的厄运始于1848年4月，当两艘船在北冰洋被冰困近两年后，105名幸存船员启动了绝望的逃生尝试，但最终无人生还1。其中三名新确认的遇难者来自HMS埃瑞博斯号，均在埃瑞博斯湾丧生，而佩格勒则来自HMS恐怖号，其遗体发现地距离其他三人约130公里1。研究人员通过DNA遗传距离为零的证据，证明了遗骨与现代DNA捐献者共享祖先1。值得注意的是，BBC记者Rich Preston被发现是约翰·布里奇斯的后代1。
这项研究成果发表在《Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports》和《Polar Record》两份期刊1。迄今为止，已通过DNA技术确认身份的探险队成员共计六人，其中包括2021年确认的约翰·格里高利（HMS埃瑞博斯号工程师）和2024年确认的詹姆斯·菲茨詹姆斯（埃瑞博斯号船长）1。
Anthropologists at the University of Waterloo have used DNA analysis to identify four sailors from the ill-fated 1845 Franklin Arctic expedition, including Harry Peglar, captain of the foretop aboard HMS Terror, whose remains had gone unidentified for 166 years since their discovery in 1859.1 By comparing DNA extracted from skeletal remains with samples from modern descendants, researchers confirmed the identities of William Orren (Able Seaman), David Young (Boy 1st Class), John Bridgeges (Subordinate Officers' Steward), and Peglar.1 The genetic distance was zero, providing strong evidence that the remains shared ancestors with the DNA donors.1
Three of the sailors—Orren, Young, and Bridgeges—served aboard HMS Erebus and died in Erebus Bay, while Peglar's remains were discovered 130 kilometers away near HMS Terror.1 The identifications bring to six the total number of expedition members whose remains have been confirmed through DNA analysis.1 These individuals perished during a desperate escape attempt after the two ships became trapped in pack ice in the Arctic Ocean for nearly two years; in April 1848, 105 surviving crew members abandoned ship, and none survived.1
The research, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports and Polar Record, adds to previous DNA identifications made in 2021 of John Gregory, an engineer aboard HMS Erebus, and in 2024 of James Fitzjames, the ship's captain.1 Notably, BBC journalist Rich Preston was found to be a descendant of John Bridgeges.1
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