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Description
This three-chambered box of matches was wrapped in canvas and then painted to keep it waterproof during Admiral Robert E. Peary's expedition to the North Pole in 1906. It was subjected to a CAT scan to determine its contents.
About This Item
- Title: Box of Matches Wrapped for Polar Climate, 1906
- Creator: Robert Edwin Peary
- Creation Date: 1906
- Subject Date: 1906
- Location: USA
- Media: Wood, canvas
- Local Code: Peary Box
- Collection: Bureau of Parks and Lands
- Object Type: Physical Object
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Explorers and exploration
- Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920--Associated objects
- Peary Arctic Expedition, 1896
- Explorers
- Matches
- Equipment
People
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Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands22 State House Station, 18 Elkins Lane, Augusta, ME 04333-0022
(207) 287-3200
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