Ration Bags
'Eight linen summit ration bags, two painted on each side in violet: 'S Tea', one: 'TEA' and one: 'S/Onion Powder', four are unmarked. A label inscribed 'JT/860' is attached to one of the drawstrings witha typed labe which reads:l 'BAGS IN WHICH FOOD WAS CARRIED BY CAPT. SCOTT'S POLAR PARTY'. They were used by Captain R. F. Scott's Southern Party and recovered in 1913.
Object Details
| ID: | ZBA1615 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Ration Bags |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Antarctic Exploration: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 |
| Date made: | 1910; 1912 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 533 mm x 331 mm |
| Parts: | Ration Bags |