Museum catalogue: Antarctic Collection
Ski
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Accession no.: | N: 135a | ||||||||||
Object name: | Ski | ||||||||||
Title: | Ski | ||||||||||
Description: | One of a pair of skis (N: 135a-b) used on the British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04 (Discovery). | ||||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||||
Full description: |
A wooden ski with a pointed and up-curved tip, and a square tail. There is a central groove on the underside of the ski which runs from the tail to just in front of the bindings. The upper surface of the ski has a ridge running along its length. The foot plate is missing, but there are nails where it would have been fixed in place. The binding consists of a leather toe strap slotted through the ski. |
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