the endurance shackleton's legendary antarctic expedition book

The sledging party returned to the base camp in late February 1909, but they discovered that the Nimrod had set sail some two days earlier. Victoria Land plateau was claimed for the British crown, and the expedition was responsible for the first ascent of Mount Erebus. Edgeworth David, reached the area of the south magnetic pole. A sledging party, led by Shackleton, reached within 97 nautical miles (112 statute miles or 180 km) of the South Pole, and another, under T.W. The expedition, prevented by ice from reaching the intended base site in Edward VII Peninsula, wintered on Ross Island, McMurdo Sound. In January 1908 he returned to Antarctica as leader of the British Antarctic ( Nimrod) Expedition (1907–09). SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!Įrnest Shackleton's South Pole expedition.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.

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The endurance shackleton's legendary antarctic expedition book