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| Accession no.: |
N: 136 |
| Object name: |
Ski pole |
| Title: |
Ski pole |
| Description: |
A bamboo ski pole used during the British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04 (Discovery). |
| Classified name: |
| SPRI theme |
personal equipment
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| Current place name |
Antarctic regions > Ross Dependency
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| UDC |
685.363.7
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| Geographic UDC |
(*76)
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| Getty AAT |
ski poles
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| Number of items: |
1 |
| Full description: |
A single wooden ski pole. It has a bamboo shaft, with a metal end fitted over the base of the shaft and a four-pointed metal spike protruding from the end. It has a brown leather wrist strap fastened to the pole through a hole drilled in the shaft. The basket is missing, although there is a metal ring attached to a metal pin passing through the lower end of the shaft where the basket should sit.
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| Dimensions: |
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Length: 1475mm, diameter: 50mm
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| Associated expedition(s): |
- : British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04 (Discovery) (1901 - 1904)
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Scott Polar Research Institute
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