A 6 pint cooking apparatus made for the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-76

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A 6 pint cooking apparatus made for the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-76

A 6 pint cooking apparatus made for the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-76, led by Captain George Nares. The apparatus consists of the iron case with perforated tin cooking stand (AAA4008.4), the stearine burner lamp (AAA4008.5) and its lid (AAA4008.6), the stew pan (AAA4008.3), and the 6 pint kettle and its lid (AAA4008.1 and AAA4008.2). This equipment could stack inside itself before sledging.

The scale drawing for the '6 pint' cooking apparatus is NPD3863.

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Object Details

ID:	AAA4008
Collection:	Polar Equipment and Relics
Type:	Cooking apparatus
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Unknown
Events:	Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
Date made:	1875
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Parts:	A 6 pint cooking apparatus made for the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-76 A cylindrical tinned sheet-metal kettle to hold 6 pints (Kettle) (AAA4008.1) Elm wood lid for a 6 pint kettle (Kettle lid) (AAA4008.2) A cylindrical tinned sheet metal '6 pint' stew pan (Stew pan) (AAA4008.3) The tin stand and iron case for a '6 pint' cooking apparatus (Burner container) (AAA4008.4) A cylindrical tinned sheet-metal stearine lamp burner for the 6 pint cooking apparatus (Burner) (AAA4008.5) The stearine burner lid for the 6 pint cooking apparatus. (Burner lid) (AAA4008.6)