Summary: | Departure of Nimrod from Lyttleton. List of names printed on back of photograph. Not all people have been identified. H.Dunlop (chief engineer), Sir Philip Brocklehurst, Raymond E. Priestley, Dr. Marshall, Lieutenant Shackleton, J.K. Davis (chief officer), Mackintosh (2nd officer), Murray (biologist), Marston (artist), Bernard, Day, Dr. Michell (surgeon). Ernest Shackleton's first expedition left New Zealand on New Year's Day 1908 in the ship Nimrod. His primary goal was to attain the geographic south pole. Previous Control Number: UMA/I/1938 Previous Control Number: BWP/7385 201919 Item: [2017.0071.00685] "Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition, January 1908."
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