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The heart of the Antarctic : being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909

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    Known as the Nimrod Expedition, this was Ernest Shackleton first expedition as a leader. This expedition achieved several æfirstsÆ - the discovery of the magnetic pole by Edgewood David and Douglas Mawson, the accent of Mt. Erebus, several scientific sledging trips and a polar plateau trip reaching within 97 miles of the South Pole.

    Shackleton and three others turned back short of the pole due to doubtful food and fuel supply to safely return to the expeditionÆs base at Cape Royds. In a letter to his wife Emily, Shackleton said ôI thought, dear, that you would rather have a live ass than a dead lion.ö His efforts mapped the route to the South Pole that Scott used in the ill fated 1912 expedition. For his polar achievements, Shackleton was knighted by King Edward VII.--David Spilman Fine Books

  • Place
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Other Id

    G850 1907 (Library of Congress Call Number)

    26724 (Cat ID)

    25961 (DBTextworks system ID)

    18580 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

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