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A Skull From the 1845 Franklin Expedition Was Just Identified Using a Descendant’s DNA

John Gregory's actual skull alongside a 3D rendering of his head.

A Skull From the 1845 Franklin Expedition Was Just Identified Using a Descendant’s DNA

11 Strange Stories From the National UFO Reporting Center

Get in, loser, we're going planet-hopping.

11 Strange Stories From the National UFO Reporting Center

11 Questionable Suggestions for Raising the Titanic

Watch out for that iceberg

11 Questionable Suggestions for Raising the Titanic

How the Full Worm Moon Helped Free the Stuck Ship in the Suez Canal

The Ever Given shortly after being dislodged in the Suez Canal.

How the Full Worm Moon Helped Free the Stuck Ship in the Suez Canal

Watch the Only Surviving Footage of the Titanic Before Its Doomed Voyage

Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain

The Quest for the North Pole: A Historical Timeline of Arctic Exploration

11 Items From Titanic’s Final Menus

F.G.O. Stuart, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

The Unsinkable Violet Jessop

Colored photograph of Violet Jessop, survivor of the Titanic.

10 Things You May Not Know About the "Unsinkable" Titanic

Royal Museums Greenwich, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

Little Weesy Coppin, the Ghost That Foretold the Franklin Expedition’s Fate

An 1847 illustration of the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus during an earlier Arctic expedition, by James Wilson Carmichael.

Did the Northern Lights Play a Role in the Sinking of the Titanic? A New Paper Says It’s Possible

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15 Things You Might Not Have Known About the RMS Titanic

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New Expedition Will Explore the 1898 Shipwreck Known as ‘New England’s Titanic’—And You Can Livestream It

Blood stars and Acadian redfish lurk near plates and a stove from the Portland.

The Orca Boat From Jaws Is Coming Back, This Time to Promote Shark Conservation

The lobster boat Lydia will soon be transformed into the Orca III.

Make Your Own Ship in a Bottle With This LEGO Set

This particular design was based off an idea from a long-time LEGO fan.

More Than 350 Franklin Expedition Artifacts Retrieved from Shipwreck of HMS Erebus

Drone image above the HMS Erebus shipwreck.