16th of January
Historical
Antarctic Pictures and Events
Ernest Shackleton, British Antarctic Expedition on the ship Nimrod, 1907- 1909.
1909 - Edgeworth David, Mackay and Mawson reach the Magnetic South Pole.
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"I hereby take possession of this area containing the Magnetic Pole for the
British Empire - We were too utterly weary to be capable
of any amount of exultation".
1913 - Three great explorers of the age, picture taken in Philadelphia USA. Amundsen (left) reached the South Pole just over a year before, Shackleton (centre) had been within 97 miles of the South Pole and was yet to set out on his Endurance expedition, Peary (right) had claimed to reach the North Pole in 1909 (now considred unlikely).
