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Description: | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A sledge harness marked 'T11' found at Crozier's camp site Ross Cairn, Point Victory, King William Island on 11 July 1879 by the Schwatka Search Expedition 1878-79. This was the place where the crews of 'Erebus' and 'Terror' landed after abandoning their ships.
The harness is made of a canvas strip folded in half and oversewn along the raw edges. There are eyelet holes in each end, to one of which as attached a rope and a wooden toggle. Marked in ink on the canvas 'TII'. The item belonged to a sledge crew from HMS 'Terror'. The belt went diagonally across a man's shoulder and was attached to a rope connected to a sledge. Attached is a paper label '6 From Irving Bay'.
caption: Sledge harness | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Schwatka Expedition sledge harnesses Portsmouth Royal Naval Museum Terror (1813) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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