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SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest Henry (1874-1922)

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Title SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest Henry (1874-1922)
 
Creator Shackleton | Sir | Ernest Henry | 1874-1922 | Knight | explorer
 
Subject Antarctic regions
Awards
Climatic zones
Geographical exploration
Geography
Medals
Polar regions
Social behaviour
Social norms
 
Description

Papers of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton comprising correspondence, mementoes and ephemera relating mainly to Shackleton's Antarctic expeditions including the Nimrod Expedition 1908-1909, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (Endurance Expedition) 1914-1916 and the Quest Expedition 1921-1923; two photograph albums of Aurora; minute book of the Shackleton Memorial Committee and a photocopy of a diary of Thomas Orde Lees on Elephant Island, 1916.


 
Publisher Royal Geographical Society
 
Date 2008-07-29
 
Type text
 
Format text/html
 
Identifier http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=262&inst_id=10
 
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