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Nimrod Expedition (Ernest Shackleton, 1907–1909)

Nimrod Expedition (Ernest Shackleton, 1907–1909)

  1. Nimrod sails from Britain for Antarctica

    Labels: Nimrod, Ernest Shackleton, British Antarctic

  2. Nimrod departs Lyttelton for the Ross Sea

    Labels: Nimrod, Lyttelton, Ross Sea

  3. Aurora Australis printed at Cape Royds

    Labels: Aurora Australis, Cape Royds, expedition press

  4. Nimrod reaches McMurdo Sound

    Labels: Nimrod, McMurdo Sound, sea ice

  5. Shackleton chooses Cape Royds as base site

    Labels: Cape Royds, Shackleton, Ross Island

  6. Nimrod leaves expeditioners to winter over

    Labels: Nimrod, shore party, wintering

  8. Magnetic Pole party sets out from Cape Royds

    Labels: Magnetic Pole, Edgeworth David, Douglas Mawson

  9. Shackleton’s South Pole party leaves Cape Royds

    Labels: Shackleton, South Pole, Frank Wild

  10. Shackleton reaches new “Farthest South” record

    Labels: Farthest South, Shackleton, 88 23

  11. David–Mawson–Mackay reach the Magnetic Pole area

    Labels: David Mawson, Magnetic Pole, magnetic measurements

  12. Southern Party rescued and leaves Antarctica

    Labels: Southern Party, rescue, Nimrod

  13. Nimrod returns to New Zealand with the expedition

    Labels: Nimrod, New Zealand, expedition return

  14. The Heart of the Antarctic published

    Labels: The Heart, Shackleton, expedition account