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A long-handled ice axe. Long Caption: A long-handled ice axe. It has a wooden handle of oval section. The steel head has a pick on one side and a horizontal blade on the other. The head is mounted by two brackets onto the haft. The lower end is capped with a metal band and has a spike protruding from the end. There is a silver-plated label near the head, held in place by four pins, inscribed: 'Edith M. Parish / Souvenir / Ice axe used during the / Antartic [sic] Expedition / of the Ship "Discovery" 1901-1904.' Credit line: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: AAA4134 Artist: Beale & Clove Date: 1901 Medium: wood; metal Size: overall: 1194 mm x 273 mm x 53 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.