Dessert Fork, Arctic Medal and Case
From the Lieutenant Fairholme Collection

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The descendants of those who died on the Franklin Expedition have retained their connections to the Expedition and the Royal Navy’s long history of polar exploration. The Canadian Museum of History recently acquired a collection of artifacts, carefully handed down through Lieutenant Fairholme’s family, which serve as a memorial to his life.

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