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Polar Equipment and Relics
Polar Equipment and Relics
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Franklin relics
North America
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armament t&e, ammunition: ball, musket(11 pieces)
armament t&e, ammunition: cartridge, wire(3)
armament t&e, ammunition: lid, powder case
armament t&e, ammunition: screw plug, powder keg
armament t&e, edged weapon: pike head
Brimstone matches
Button
ceremonial artifact: flag: ensign, naval(fragment)
clothing, outerwear: glove(fragment)
clothing accessory: button
food processing t&e: stove(3 pieces)
food service t&e: cup, tea(fragment)
food service t&e: rations: bone, pork(fragment)
food service t&e: stave, water keg bung
Glove
Hinge
Iron fitting
Iron plug
lighting device: matches, brimstone (7)
Manuscript
Musket balls
Naval ensign
Packet of needles
personal gear: goggles, snow(part)
personal symbol: broad arrow
Pike-head
Pike head
Pork bone
Powder-case lid
Powder case lid
Powder case screw-plug
Powder keg screw-plug
Powder keg screw plug
Record tin
relic: fitting, iron
relic: plug, iron
Sextant eyepieces
Shako plate
Snow goggles
Stove
surveying & navigational t&e: eyepiece, sextant(two)
Teacup fragment
textileworking t&e: needles, packet of
Two eyepieces, sextant
uniform accessory: plate, shako(Royal Marine cap badge)
Water keg bung-stave
Water keg bung stave
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
Wire cartridges
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brass
copper
gilt brass
glass
hemp
iron
lead
metal
paper
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Pork bone (British)
steel
sulphur
tin
willow
wood
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F. Barnes & Co
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London
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
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Fox (1855)
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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
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Hobson, William Robert
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19th
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Pork rib bone (Pork bone)
Eleven lead musket balls (Musket balls)
Circular powder case lid (Powder case lid)
A water keg bung stave (Water keg bung-stave)
Powder case screw-plug
Woollen mitten or glove (Glove)
Button
Three wire shot cartridges (Wire cartridges)
Twisted copper hinge (Hinge)
Pork rib bone (Pork bone)
A steel-rimmed snow goggle eyepiece, with a slitted willow lens. (Snow goggles)
A screw iron bung (Iron plug)
Packet of 'Sharps No. 1' needles (Packet of needles)
Packet of 'Sharps No. 6' needles (Packet of needles)
Packet of 'Sharps No. 3' needles (Packet of needles)
Packet of 'Sharps No. 4' needles (Packet of needles)
Seven brimstone matches (Brimstone matches)
Steel boarding-pike head with bent shank (Pike-head)
Small fragment of white china teacup. (Teacup fragment)
Two sextant or small telescope eyepieces (Sextant eyepieces)
Royal Marine shako plate (Shako plate)
Portable cooking apparatus - stove and tray (Stove)
Pork rib bone (Pork bone)
A fragment of a white teacup with a blue and red rim. (Teacup fragment)
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