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Polar Equipment and Relics

Polar Equipment and Relics

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A Matter of Life and Death

Franklin relics

North America

Type

Type

Type

armament t&e, ammunition: bag, shot

armament t&e, ammunition: ball, musket

armament t&e, ammunition: cartridge, wire(2 cartridges)

armament t&e, ammunition: shot

armament t&e, ammunition: tampion, gun

Arrow shaft

Axe

Axe handle

Bandage

Belaying pin

Block

Boat's thimble

Bolt

Bone comb

Boot

Bottle

Bottle Top

Box

Brass Plate

Brass pocket compass lid

Brass Strip

Buckle

Button

Can

Canned food

Canteen

Canvas

Chest Handle

China

Clay pipe

Clay pipe fragment

Clothes brush

clothing, footwear: boot(part)

clothing, footwear: boot, sea

clothing, footwear: boot, sea(part)

clothing, footwear: heel, shoe(part)

clothing, outerwear: overcoat(fragments) ?

clothing accessory: brush, clothes

clothing accessory: buckle(5 buckles)

clothing accessory: button

clothing accessory: button(2 buttons)

clothing accessory: button(4 buttons)

clothing accessory: button(5 buttons)

clothing accessory: button, royal naval

clothing accessory: button, royal naval(two buttons)

commemorative artifact: medal

Commemorative medal

Compass

Compass Corrector

Container

container: bottle(fragment)

container: box(fragment) ?

container: lid

Copper Plate

Copper plate

Copper Strip

Corrector magnet

Cotton Wool

Dip circle (part)

Dowel

Eyebolt shackle

Fabric strap

Fish hook

fishing & trapping t&e: hook, fish

food service t&e: canteen

food service t&e: canteen(parts)

food service t&e: china(fragment)

food service t&e: flask, tin

food service t&e: rations: can, food

food service t&e: rations: can, food(soup)

food service t&e: rations: can, potato(part)

food service t&e: rations: can, soup

food service t&e: rations: can ?

food service t&e: rations: canister, soup(3 canisters)

food service t&e: rations: keg, vinegar(in pieces)

food service t&e: top, bottle

Fragment

Glass bottle

Gun tampion

Gun tompion

Hip flask

household accessory: handle, chest

household accessory: scissors

Iron bar

Iron fitting

Iron plate

Keel

Knife handle

land transport accessory: harness, sledge

land transport accessory: runner, sledge(2 runners)

Lead pencil

Lead sheet

Leather

Leather strap

Lid

Lint

Manuscript

Marine chronometer

Mast

Material

Medal

medical & psychological t&e: tourniquet, surgeon's

multiple use artifact: rope

Musket ball

Nail

Navy sail canvas

Oar

optical t&e: draw tube, telescope(eyepiece draw tube)

optical t&e: eyepiece, telescope

Overcoat fragments

Pen knife

personal gear: axe(part)

personal gear: bag, seaman's(fragment) ?

personal gear: flask, hip

personal gear: handle, axe

personal gear: knife, pen

personal gear: shovel(part)

personal gear: smoking gear: pipe, clay(13 fragments of at least 3 pipes)

personal symbol: broad arrow

personal symbol: coat of arms, royal

Plaster

Probang

Record tin

relic: bar, iron

relic: bolt

relic: bolt ?

relic: canvas

relic: fitting, iron

relic: material

relic: nail(part)

relic: plate, brass

relic: plate, copper

relic: plate, copper(circular)

relic: plate, iron

relic: sheet, lead

relic: strip, copper

relic: timber

Rope

Rope grommet

Royal Naval button

Sail

Sail canvas

Scissors

Sea boot

Seaman's bag

Serynge

Shoe heel

Shot

Shot bag

Shovel

Sledge harness

Sledge runner

Soup can

Soup canister

Spectacles case

Stave

Stove

Strap

Surgeon's tourniquet

surveying & navigational t&e: compass(part)

surveying & navigational t&e: magnet, corrector ?

Syringe

Telescope draw tube

Telescope eyepiece

telescope tube

Test tube

Timber

timekeeper: chronometer, marine(8 day)

Tin

Tin box

Tinder box damper

Tin flask

toilet article: comb, bone

Tourniquet

Vinegar keg

water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel

water transport: steam vessel: screw vessel, single

water transport accessory: block

water transport accessory: block(fragment)

water transport accessory: canvas, navy sail(fragment)

water transport accessory: eyebolt, shackle ?

water transport accessory: grommet, rope

water transport accessory: hoop, mast(fragment)

water transport accessory: hoop, yard

water transport accessory: keel

water transport accessory: oar(2 fragments of one blade)

water transport accessory: pin, belaying

water transport accessory: sail(fragment)

water transport accessory: thimble, boat's

water transport accessory: toggle, wooden

Wire cartridge

Wooden toggle

woodworking t&e: dowel

woodworking t&e: dowel ?

Writing pen

Yard hoop

Materials

Materials

Materials

antler

bone

brass

brass?

bristle

British conifer (pine)

British oak

camphor

canvas

china

clay

cloth

cloves oil

copper

cotton

crocus seed wine

fabric

gilt

gilt metal

glass

hemp

horn

inorganic: clay

iron

ivory

lead

leather

leather (cattle)

linen

Magnesium Carbonate

mahogany

metal

metal: brass

metal: copper

metal: iron

metal: steel

metal: tin

oak

olive oil

paper

perchloride of mercury

pulvered ginger root

Pulvered Jalap root (Mexican morning glory)

Pulvered root of Convolvulus Scammonia

pulvered root of Ipecacuanha

rope

shell

silvered brass

steel

strong ammonia solution

tin

tincture of opiated camphor

tincture of pulvered ipecac

tolu tincture

velvet

wood

wool

Display Location

Display Location

Display Location

Display - Polar Worlds Gallery

Display - Sea Things Gallery

Not on display

Creator

Creator

Creator

Arnold, John Roger

Boggett & Reynolds

D. & H. Edwards & Co.

Goldner, Stephen

J. Bagnall & Sons

John Millikin

Pascall, Thomas

Powell & Co

Robinson

Robinson, Thomas Charles

Shaw & Marshall

Unknown

Places

Places

Places

Bristol

Canada

East Stead, England

London

Nunavut

Unknown

Events

Events

Events

Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848

Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880

Vessels

Vessels

Vessels

Beagle (1820)

Erebus (1826)

Fox (1855)

Great Britain (1843)

Terror (1813)

Exhibition

Exhibition

Exhibition

North-West Passage

People

People

People

Arnold, John Roger

Ebierbing, Joseph

Franklin, John

Hobson, William Robert

Irving, John

Klutschak, Henry

McClintock, Francis Leopold

Netchillik, Ookwolik

Prince Albert, Consort of Queen Victoria

Royal United Service Institution

Wilks, Henry

Century

Century

Century

18th

19th

unknown

Date Range

Date Range

Date From

Date To

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Cotton Wool

Writing pen

Test tube

Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Probang

Leather

Test tube

Test tube

Overcoat fragments

Fragments of a wool overcoat (Overcoat fragments)

Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Boat's thimble

Scissors

Shot

Scissors

Scissors

Boat's thimble

Compass corrector

Compass Corrector

Part of a wooden ship's block cheek. (Block)

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