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Lot 371
Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1912
Amundsen's waterproof matchbox holder containing three matchboxes
Closed27 September 2007
Price Realised
GBP 5,625
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Specialist note
There is another identical piece of equipment from Amundsen's South Pole expedition in the Fram Museum, Oslo.
'A match factory gave us all the safety matches we wanted. They were packed so securely that we could quite well have towed the cases after us in the sea all the way and found the matches perfectly dry on arrival.' (R.E.G.Amundsen, The South Pole, London, 1912, p.77)
'A match factory gave us all the safety matches we wanted. They were packed so securely that we could quite well have towed the cases after us in the sea all the way and found the matches perfectly dry on arrival.' (R.E.G.Amundsen, The South Pole, London, 1912, p.77)