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A single teardrop snowshoe, with a pointed toe and long tail. It is very lightweight. The wooden frame is very narrow and is made from a single piece bound at the tail with sinew. The toe bar and heel bar are very narrow, and are morticed into the frame. There is a toe cord and toe hole. The webbing is probably sinew and is hexagonal in weave. The body webbing is wrapped around the frame, toe cord and heel bar; the toe and heel webbing is wrapped through holes drilled in the frame and is much tighter than in the body. The holes in the frame have been padded with red fabric to stop the tension pulling the webbing all the way through the wood. The snowshoe has no bindings.

• Width: 265mm, height: 17mm, length: 915mm

• Used by: Oates, Lawrence Edward Grace (1910 - 1912)

• Used on: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Terra Nova) (1910 - 1913)