Researchers from the University of Waterloo, Canada, took DNA samples from skeletal remains and compared them to the known crew members' living descendants. This revealed exact matches for three crew members who died on the shores of Erebus Bay, and a fourth whose body was found 80 miles away.
Eight parchment pages bound in furry sealskin recently donated to the National Library of Norway may be the oldest book in Norway. For decades the book was at the Hagenes farm in Bergen, passed down through the generations, until the family decided to give it to the National Library earlier this year. According to family lore, the manuscript originated in a monastery in Western Norway.
The pain of losing a loved one in the September 11th terror attacks echoes across the decades, but with these three new identifications, we take a step forward in comforting the family members still aching from that day.
