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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 |
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| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Balloon |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Shepherd, George |
| Date made: | 1852-1853; 1852-3 |
| 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 |
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