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Frank Debenham's Antarctic expedition ice pick. Frank Debenham (1883-1965) was an Antarctic scientist and geographer, and first director of the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge. He was part of Captain Scott's Terra Nova British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13, and made extensive geological and topographical surveys of the mountains and glaciers west of McMurdo Sound. 31 x 28cm (12 x 11in)
Provenance: A gift from Debenham to his friend and neighbour in Cambridge, Victor de la Perrelle, and subsequently a gift from Perrelle to the current owner.

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