Arctic Sledge The Alert W. Avery & Son NEEDLE CASE RaRe ANTIQUE Original c1878

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Arctic Sledge The Alert W. Avery & Son NEEDLE CASE RaRe ANTIQUE Original c1878:
$6999.98

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AVERY

NEEDLE CASE

Description:

ANTIQUE

rare~AVERY

Artic Sledge – The Alert

VICTORIAN NEEDLE CASE

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Design Details

Needle Case Type:

Figural

Patent/Register:

W. Avery & Son - Redditch

Material:

Brass

Age:

May 11, 1878

Size:

4\" x 1 3/8\" x 1 1/4\"

Origin:

England

**History

The expedition departed to scenes of great excitement and celebration, buoyed by wishes for success and congratulations on their bravery in a telegram from Queen Victoria. No open polar ocean was found and when sea ice packed in around the ships they prepared for sledging trips across the ice in the coming summer. In April seven sledges and 53 men set out. Two sledges carrying boats and three with other equipment and stores went north towards the pole, and two to explore the coastline of Ellesmere Island. The going was very hard with the load per man over 100 kilograms, deep snow drifts and difficult terrain. Within weeks the men were suffering from the combined effects of unsuitable clothing, inadequate tents and the majority the physical symptoms of scurvy. Rescue parties successfully relieved the few well men attempting to support the sick and returned them to the ships. The expedition was abandoned and the ships returned to Portsmouth in November 1876.

**Facts

The sledge is a land vehicle which is drawn on two narrow runners usually over snow or ice to carry freight or cargo. They may be hauled by animals or as was the case in early expeditions to the Arctic by teams of men. The British Arctic Expedition of 1875/6 departed Portsmouth on 29th May. Their mission, planned to take two years, was to reach the North Pole and to determine whether there was an open polar sea. The expedition was led by Sir George Nares and consisted of 120 men in two ships, the HMS Alert and the HMS Discovery..

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