The Nimrod in a storm, Antarctic Ocean, 1908

Illustration showing the polar research ship Nimrod heading for the Antarctic at the start of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09. The Nimrod, seen here burying her bow in a monstrous wave, was being towed part of the way from New Zealand to the Antarctic by the Koonya (top left of image)

Antarctic Burying Heading Monstrous Nimrod Towed

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