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An image showing 'A balloon used by the Franklin search expeditions for distributing messages. AAA4347'
An image showing 'A balloon used by the Franklin search expeditions for distributing messages. AAA4347'
An image showing 'A balloon used by the Franklin search expeditions for distributing messages. AAA4347'
An image showing 'A balloon used by the Franklin search expeditions for distributing messages. AAA4347'
An image showing 'A balloon used by the Franklin search expeditions for distributing messages. AAA4347'
An image showing 'Record Shot - Do not reproduce.'
An image showing 'Record Shot - Do not reproduce.'
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Balloon

A balloon used by the Franklin search expeditions for distributing messages. Red and white paper enclosed in silk net. Rescue vessels loosed hydrogen-filled balloons carrying bundles of messages stitched to lengths of fast and slow burning fuses. As the lines burned through, they released the messages, scattering them over a wide area. It has been restored in two separate parts.
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Object details

ID: AAA4347
Collection: Polar Equipment and Relics
Type: Balloon
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Shepherd, George
Date made: 1852-1853
People: Greenwich Hospital Collection
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection
Measurements: Overall: 1150 mm x 1220 mm x 690 mm
Parts: Balloon