Sidney Riches collection 1907-1909

Shackleton, Ernest Henry, 1874-1922

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Ernest Shackleton, leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and part of two other Antarctic expeditions, acquired Polaris after her owner's financial trouble. Renamed Endurance after the Shackleton family motto Fortitudine vincimus (By Endurance we Conquer), she sailed intending to accomplish the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. She departed for her final voyage on December 15, 1914 but progress was slow, averaging about 30 miles per day through pack ice. A month later, w...

Nimrod (Steam yacht)

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Sidney B Riches

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Sidney B. Riches was born in London in 1880. He joined the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 (leader Ernest Henry Shackleton), as able seaman with the ship's company. He was awarded the polar medal for his part in the expedition. From the guide to the Sidney Riches collection, 1907-1909, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) ...

Riches Sidney B b 1880

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British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909)

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The British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-1909, also known as the The Nimrod Expedition, was the first of three successful expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton. Its main target, among a range of geographical and scientific objectives, was to be first to the South Pole. This was not attained, but the expedition's southern march reached a Farthest South latitude of 88° 23' S, just 97.5 nautical miles (180.6 km; 112.2 mi) from the pole. This was by far the longest southern polar jou...