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Description: | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A rolled up piece of lead sheet found in an abandoned boat at Erebus Bay, King William Island by the Schwatka Search Expedition 1878-79. McClintock mentions two rolls of sheet lead being left behind at this site. The markings on the boat's stem indicate it was the same one found by McClintock. During the intervening years the Inuit had broken it up. They reported to Hall and Schwatka, that they had found a second boat at Erebus Bay and 14 more skeletons. Although Schwatka could not find the other boat, he discovered the bones of four Europeans in this area. Barry Ranford found a boat site on a small island in Erebus Bay in 1993. An excavation revealed the remains of eleven more individuals.
caption: Lead sheet | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Schwatka Expedition sheet metal Royal Naval Museum | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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