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A long-handled ice axe.
A long-handled ice axe. It has a wooden handle of oval section. The steel head has a pick on one side and a horizontal blade on the other. The head is mounted by two brackets onto the haft. The lower end is capped with a metal band and has a spike protruding from the end.
There is a silver-plated label near the head, held in place by four pins, inscribed: 'Edith M. Parish / Souvenir / Ice axe used during the / Antartic [sic] Expedition / of the Ship "Discovery" 1901-1904.'
There is a silver-plated label near the head, held in place by four pins, inscribed: 'Edith M. Parish / Souvenir / Ice axe used during the / Antartic [sic] Expedition / of the Ship "Discovery" 1901-1904.'
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA4134 |
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| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Ice axe |
| Display location: | Display - Polar Worlds Gallery |
| Creator: | Beale & Clove |
| Events: | Antarctic Exploration: British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 |
| Vessels: | Discovery (1901) |
| Date made: | 1901 |
| People: | Parish, Edith M |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 1194 mm x 273 mm x 53 mm |