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DNA test helps identify sailor from doomed Arctic expedition

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James Fitzjames was one of two captains of Sir John Franklin 's doomed 1845 expedition.

The expedition was meant to find a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic .

The ill-fated expedition has inspired art, books and TV series with fictionalised depictions of their struggle for survival.

When their ships became trapped in the ice, he led 105 crew members in an attempt to escape the Artic .

None would survive.

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