Picture No | 10217817 |
Date | 1909 |
Description | The Nimrod Antarctic Expedition at the furthest point South, |
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Lt. Adams, Frank Wild and Lt. Ernest Shackleton (left to right) standing beside a British flag at the furthest point South that they reached, 9th January 1909. These three men and Eric Marshall (who took the photograph), made an attempt to reach the South Pole as part of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09. They got to this point, 111 statute miles from the Pole, before they had to turn back due to a shortage of supplies.
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Source | Illustrated London News, 19th June 1909, pages 894-5. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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