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Lifeboat Rations
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Lifeboat Rations
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • gcihs-2023.651.3141
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  • Object, Containers
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  • Cranberry Isles
Description:
Rations would have been stored in the lifeboat’s emergency kit. This one contains 8oz of dried biscuits. If a boat sunk in the middle of the Atlantic it could be many days before any lifeboats were found, so access to some food could be vital for survival.