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Object connections:
| Collection | Franklin relics, Polar Equipment and Relics |
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| Gallery location | Not on display |
| Events | Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848, Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859 |
| Vessels | Fox (1855) |
Object details:
| Object ID | AAA2175 |
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| Description | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. Two packets of ammunition cartridges found in an abandoned boat at Erebus Bay, King William Island, in May 1859 by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-59. Two packets of cartridges in green paper tied with thread. One packet has disintegrated. Part of the equipment associated with the two shotguns found in the boat. McClintock's party reached this site on 30 May and discovered that Hobson had been there a few days before on 18 May. The boat was 28 foot long and mounted on a heavy sledge. McClintock found it just above high tide mark pointing back in the direction of the ships and containing a large quantity of abandoned personal possessions and two skeletons. |
| Date made | Before 1845 |
| Artist/Maker | Unknown |
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| Credit | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Materials | paper; gunpowder |
| Measurements | Overall: 6 x 44 x 19 mm |
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