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Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic Expeditions, Pt. 1

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The British National Antarctic Expedition That Shackleton Joined

The british national antarctic expedition that shackleton joined in 19 o one wasn't the first british expedition to the antarctic. The royal societies were not all that pleased that a privately financed venture with a largely norwegian crew had basically scooped them on the way to antarctica. Aboard the discovery, shackleton was in charge of the stores and measuring the density and solidity of sea water samples. He also edited and typed a magazine that the crew together called south polar times.

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