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Satellite sledge assigned to HMS Discovery for Arctic exploration
Used on Nares' Arctic Expedition 1875. A satellite McClintock sledge, used to support the sledge teams of five and eight men. [Previously incorrectly identified as a five man sledge].
Metal shod, wooden runners of jointed construction reinforced with copper pins. Cross bars lashed to runners with raw hide. Netting at each end of the sledge with a canvas cover in the middle. A load in a canvas cover packed on top [Museum prop]. Carved on sledge: "B SATELLITE SLEDGE DIS".
Metal shod, wooden runners of jointed construction reinforced with copper pins. Cross bars lashed to runners with raw hide. Netting at each end of the sledge with a canvas cover in the middle. A load in a canvas cover packed on top [Museum prop]. Carved on sledge: "B SATELLITE SLEDGE DIS".
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA3997 |
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| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Sledge |
| Display location: | Display - Polar Worlds Gallery |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876 |
| Date made: | circa 1875 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 250 mm x 2050 mm x 820 mm x 16 kg |
| Parts: | Satellite sledge assigned to HMS Discovery for Arctic exploration |