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Description Original caption, 'The Nimrod (Captain Shackleton) going to the south pole (1907)'. Presumably departing from Britain since taken by Alexandra, also presumably on an official viewing. However, Ernest Shackleton apparently travelled later on a different ship to New Zealand to meet NImrod.
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Source Queen Alexandra's Christmas Gift Book
Author Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)

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current11:37, 12 May 2016Thumbnail for version as of 11:37, 12 May 20162,194 × 1,607 (194 KB)Alonso de Mendoza (talk | contribs)Cropped 2 % horizontally and 1 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode.
21:12, 1 July 2008Thumbnail for version as of 21:12, 1 July 20082,230 × 1,629 (224 KB)Sandpiper (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=The Nimrod, Captained by Ernest Shackleton departing for the South Pole |Source=Queen Alexandra's Christmas Gift Book |Date=1907 |Author=Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925) |Permission= |other_versions= }} [[Categ

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