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Object 32

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Wicker provision basket, 1926

 Item — Object: 32
Identifier: Mem_inv_1401
Scope and Contents

Wicker provision basket used by Lincoln Ellsworth in the 1926 North Pole expedition. Each contained supplies for one man for 72 hours, and all froze solid in the low temperatures encountered in about three hours. 

Dates: Usage: 1926