Nimrod: Ernest Shackleton and the Extraordinary Story of the 1907-09 British ... - Beau Riffenburgh - Google Books

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On New Year's Day, 1908, a tiny overladen ship called Nimrod set out on the last stage of its journey to the Antarctic. The leader of the expedition was Ernest Shackleton who was determined to find fame and fortune by becoming the first man to reach the…