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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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copper
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paper
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Pork bone (British)
steel
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willow
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F. Barnes & Co
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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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Steel boarding-pike head with bent shank (Pike-head)
Pork rib bone (Pork bone)
A boarding-pike head with a broken shank (Pike-head)
Fragment of a boat's red ensign. (Naval ensign)
A fragment of a white teacup with a blue and red rim. (Teacup fragment)
Portable cooking apparatus - stove and tray (Stove)
Royal Marine shako plate (Shako plate)
Small fragment of white china teacup. (Teacup fragment)
Metal record case. (Record tin)
Two sextant or small telescope eyepieces (Sextant eyepieces)
Seven brimstone matches (Brimstone matches)
Eleven lead musket balls (Musket balls)
Packet of 'Sharps No. 1' needles (Packet of needles)
Packet of 'Sharps No. 3' needles (Packet of needles)
Pork rib bone (Pork bone)
Packet of 'Sharps No. 4' needles (Packet of needles)
Circular powder case lid (Powder case lid)
Woollen mitten or glove (Glove)
A water keg bung stave (Water keg bung-stave)
Button
Twisted copper hinge (Hinge)
A screw iron bung (Iron plug)
Powder case screw-plug
Three wire shot cartridges (Wire cartridges)
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