- MS 1609;BJ Diary, 1907-1909 [Nimrod] holograph
Cheetham, British Antarctic Expedition , 1907-1909
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- ReferenceGB 15 Alfred Cheetham/British Antarctic Expedition , 1907-1909
- Dates of Creation1907-1909
- Name of Creator
- Physical DescriptionDiary
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Administrative / Biographical History
The British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 (leader Ernest Henry Shackleton) sailed south on board Nimrod. A shore party of 15 set up base on the Antarctic continent; they discovered nearly 500km of the Transantarctic Mountains flanking the Ross Ice Shelf. A party climbed Mount Erebus (3794 m), Ross Island. A southern party consisting of Shackleton, Jameson Adams, Eric Marshall and Frank Wild found a route up the Beardmore Glacier and sledged to within 180km of the pole.
A second party sledged to he region of the South Magnetic pole and exploration of the area around the Ferrar Glacier was also conducted.
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