Ice Crampons, Lockheed Sirius "Tingmissartoq", Lindbergh

These ice crampons were among the survival gear Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, took on their 1933 survey flights across the North and South Atlantic. During these flights the Lindberghs flew over one of the coldest and most desolate regions on earth: the Greenland Ice Cap. An emergency landing over Greenland would have likely put them hundreds of miles away from the nearest outpost. To have any chance of surviving such a trek, they would need to travel over the icy terrain as efficiently as possible. They could attach these crampons to the bottom of their boots and the metal spikes would dig into the ice, preventing them from slipping or sliding.In addition to crampons, the Lindberghs' survival gear also included a sled, snow shoes, pith helmets, and mosquito head nets. This was an odd collection, but after flying over Greenland, Iceland, and Scandinavia, the Lindberghs also flew over western Africa and the Amazon Rainforest, all on the same trip. They never had to use any of their survival gear, but given their flight route, they had to be prepared for just about anything.