Nearest the Pole.

£17,500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

An exceedingly rare survival from Shackleton’s Nimrod expedition, 1907-1909. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “For the British Antarctic Expedition from Campbell W. MacKellar of Lerags 1907.” MacKellar was one of the Sponsors of Shackleton’s 1907-09 British Antarctic Expedition, which sailed in the Nimrod. A glaci

• Year: 1907

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