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| Accession no.: |
Y: 2011/55/18 |
| Object name: |
Ice axe |
| Title: |
Ice axe |
| Description: |
Ice axe, collected by Brian Jefford, FIDS surveyor at Hope Bay, in 1948. |
| Classified name: |
| SPRI theme |
expedition equipment
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| Current place name |
Antarctic regions > British Antarctic Territory > Maritime Antarctic > Antarctic Peninsula > Trinity Peninsula
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| UDC |
685.727
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| Geographic UDC |
(*726.50)
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| Getty AAT |
axes
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| Number of items: |
1 |
| Full description: |
A long-handled ice axe. The metal head has a pick with teeth on the underside on one side and an adze on the other. It is stamped on one side with the name of the manufacturer, 'FRANÇOIS SIMOND & FILS // CHAMONIX. MONT-BLANC' and on the other with the name of the supplier, 'ROBERT LAWRIE LTD // LONDON W1 // MADE IN FRANCE'. It is also stamped 'Simond Special B'. The head is attached to the handle by means of a split socket and rivets. The handle is made of wood and is oval in cross-section; it has been varnished. It has a metal cap around the end, with a metal spike protruding from the butt.
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| Dimensions: |
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Width: 315mm, length: 905mm, depth: 68mm
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| Associated person(s): |
- : Jefford, Brian (1948 - 1949)
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| Associated expedition(s): |
- : Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 1945-62 (1948 - 1949)
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Scott Polar Research Institute
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