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Record case (AAA2344), Polar Equipment and Relics collection

Royal Museums Greenwich, 2026. Royal Museums Greenwich collections.

The tin record case recovered by McClintock's 1857-1859 search expedition, now believed to be the case of the Victory Point record, the amended message left when the ships were abandoned (archive reference HSR/C/9/1).

MYS0D59JQ9Y6A6Y · mystery · click to copyMFranklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)Web pageCopy of The Victory Point record and its tin caseChecked against the original0

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Where the Victory Point record and its case are held.

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Royal Museums Greenwich (2026). Record case (AAA2344), Polar Equipment and Relics collection. Royal Museums Greenwich collections. https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-2343
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