Sir William Ellison-Macartney collection 1900-1922

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...

Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912

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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...

Ellison-Macartney William 1852-1924

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British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904

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Sir William Ellison-Macartney

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William Grey Ellison-Macartney was born in Dublin in 1852. He was educated at Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford, graduating with an arts degree. From 1885 until 1903, he served as the Member of Parliament for South Antrim, and in 1895, was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, remaining in that post for five years. In 1897, he married Ettie Scott, the eldest sister of Robert Falcon Scott. In 1903, he was appointed deputy-master of the Royal Mint, a po...