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| Collection | Polar Equipment and Relics, Franklin relics, A Matter of Life and Death |
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| Exhibitions | North-West Passage |
| User collections | Re·Think Migration by marre986 Collectables (All) by blueheatwave Collectables (UK) by blueheatwave |
| Gallery location | Not on display |
| People | undefined: McClintock, Francis Leopold Provenance: National Museum of the Royal Navy undefined: Franklin, John |
| Events | Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848, Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859 |
| Vessels | Fox (1855) |
Object details:
| Object ID | AAA2195 |
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| Description | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. Spectacles with tinted lenses in a case found in an abandoned boat at Erebus Bay, King William Island, in May 1859 by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-59. The cylindrical case is made of sheet iron, tinned and soldered with a lid. The spectacles have straight, hinged sides and oval blue lenses; wire mesh remains on the right-hand side. They would have been intended to protect the wearer's eyes from snow blindness. 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 | glass; iron; steel |
| Measurements | 100 x 30 mm |
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