**CBC News — “Scientists Identify Franklin Expedition Sailor.”** https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/scientists-identify-frankine-expedition-sailor-1.7332217 — DNA from single molar extracted from jawbone; site described as bones scattered over several hundred square metres on King William Island; Fitzjames captained Erebus and was second-in-command after Franklin’s death; first identified victim of cannibalism; remains returned to memorial cairn; descendants “excited and really intrigued.”
**EurekAlert / University of Waterloo News Release — September 24, 2024.** https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1058973 — Official research announcement; Fitzjames’s mandible with multiple cut marks at NgLj-2; Y-chromosome match with living descendant; Stenton lead researcher; funding from Government of Nunavut and University of Waterloo; “Identification of a Senior Officer from Sir John Franklin’s Northwest Passage Expedition,” *Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports*.
**Wikipedia — James Fitzjames.** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fitzjames — Full biography: born July 27, 1813; illegitimate son of Sir James Gambier; raised by Rev. Robert Coningham; naval career from 1825; Euphrates Expedition 1834–37; Opium War wounded at Zhenjiang 1842; promoted commander, HMS Clio; promoted captain December 31, 1845 (while in Arctic); Franklin expedition captain of Erebus under Franklin; signed Victory Point note April 25, 1848; died approximately May 1848 near Erebus Bay; DNA identification September 2024 by Stenton, Fratpietro, Tetteroo; Nigel Gambier as living relative; mandible cut marks consistent with cannibalism.
**Canadian Mysteries — “Franklin Expedition Record / Victory Point Note.”** https://canadianmysteries.ca/sites/franklin/archive/text/FranklinVictoryPoint_en.htm — Full transcription of both entries of the Victory Point note; Entry 1 (May 28, 1847) signed Gore and Des Voeux; Entry 2 (April 25, 1848) written by Fitzjames with Crozier; ships beset since September 12, 1846; Franklin died June 11, 1847; 9 officers and 15 men dead; 105 survivors abandoning ships; march toward Back’s Fish River; Fitzjames signed as “Captain, H.M.S. Erebus.”