tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post592768115990788783..comments2024-03-18T18:05:25.821-07:00Comments on VISIONS OF THE NORTH: Arctic Box Bait-and-Switch?Russell Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-8688611334732183882010-09-30T04:37:29.063-07:002010-09-30T04:37:29.063-07:00Ken McGoogan now has an account of the story in to...Ken McGoogan now has an account of the story in today's <a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Mystery+turns+items+related+Franklin+expedition/3601401/story.html" rel="nofollow">Montréal Gazette</a>. One gets the sense that the staff at PWNHC only gradually realized that they already had the box's contents in their collections -- not surprising when you consider that all Nunavut materials there were theoretically parted from Northwest Territories materials in 1999, but (so far as I know) the Nunavut government hasn't appropriated any funding to manage them!Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-27023243793316997152010-09-29T07:55:51.426-07:002010-09-29T07:55:51.426-07:00That is very surprising and somewhat disillusionin...That is very surprising and somewhat disillusioning, depending on who knew what when. Amazing that 160 years later, people continue to capitalize on the expedition. Hopefully the Grylls story will lead to some happier findings. Thanks for all the updates.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02960783024632783814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-18526468458999313942010-09-29T07:13:49.489-07:002010-09-29T07:13:49.489-07:00How embarrassing. It's surprising what's i...How embarrassing. It's surprising what's in the world's museum collections.<br /><br />I believe a coin was on display for quite some time at one of the Museums on Hadrian's Wall displayed as a "Radiate of Caracalla" and dated 196-198 or something similar.<br /><br />Until a child of 10 pointed out that it was actually a plastic token which had been given out for free in a breakfast cereal packet.William Battersbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452863778733148002noreply@blogger.com