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British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 (Nimrod) Gallery

Led by Ernest Shackleton, this expedition introduced a number of innovations, using both Manchurian ponies and a motor car for sledge hauling. Achievements included a sledge journey to the south magnetic pole and the ascent and survey of Mount Erebus, the active volcano on Ross Island. Copies from original historic photograph albums.

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The Christmas camp on the plateau Featured British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 (Nimrod) Image

The Christmas camp on the plateau

British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09. Leader: Ernest Shackleton. J. Adams, E. S. Marshall and F. Wild stand in front of a pyramidal tent on a flat snow field. A loaded sledge stands next to the tent, a Union Jack flies from one flag pole and other flags fly from another. A theodolite stands on a tripod to one side, ice-axes stand in the snow

Group photograph of shore party Featured British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 (Nimrod) Image

Group photograph of shore party

British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09. Leader: Ernest Shackleton. Group photograph of shore party on the ice. Standing left to right: Joyce, Day, Wild, Adams, Brocklehurst, Shackleton, Marshall, David, Armytage, Marston. Sitting left to right: Priestley, Murray, Roberts

© Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge