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Description: | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. The item is a rough piece of wood with tar adhering in places. It has a paper label '33'.
Found in deserted snow huts near Cape Norton, King William Island, 10 May 1859 by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-59.
The item is referred by McClintock: 'Taken out of some deserted snow huts near here, some scraps of different kinds of wood, such as could not be obtained from a boat-teak or African oak.'
Pieces of tar on wood.
caption: Timber fragment | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | McClintock Expedition timbers Fox 1855 Francis Leopold Franklin Royal Naval Museum John McClintock | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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