Shackleton Collection (page 4)

Avro Shackleton MR2 WL796 at 1953 Farnborough Air Show
Avro Shackleton MR2, WL796, at the 1953 Farnborough Air Show. It is carrying a Mk3 lifeboat. Date: 1953

Avro Shackleton MR2 WL796
Avro Shackleton MR2, WL796, overflying the flight line at the 1953 Farnborough Air Show on only the starboard outer engine. It is carrying a Mk3 lifeboat. Date: 1953

Avro Shackleton MR2 WB833
Avro Shackleton MR2, WB833, the production prototype, flew for the first time on 17 June 1952. This aircraft was converted from an MR1A. Date: 1952

Captain Scotts cabin, RSS Discovery
Captain Scotts cabin on RSS Discovery, showing a bunk bed and drawers underneath. The ships first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition

RSS Discovery in the Antarctic. Launched in 1901 and designed for Antarctic research, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain

ICE CAVERN
Ice cavern discovered by Shackletons Antarctic expedition : the size is indicated by the two hurricane lamps whose illumination made the photograph possible. Date: circa 1907

Blizzard on Barrier
Ponies at the camp during a blizzard on the Barrier. Date: 1907 - 1909

Music in the Hut
Members of Shackletons Antarctic expedition enjoy music in their hut. Date: circa 1907

Picking up Party
The Nimrod picking up the Northern Party at the Drygalski Barrier. Date: 1907 - 1909

The Returning Sun
THE RETURNING SUN Date: 1908-1909

SHACKLETON
ERNEST SHACKLETON The leader of the expedition in winter garb. Date: 1874 - 1922

Adelie Penguins
Adelie penguins and their young. Date: 1907 - 1909

Emperor Penguins
A conclave of Emperor penguins. Date: 1907 - 1909

Return of the Penguins
The penguins return in the spring. Date: 1907 - 1909

Nimrod and Floes
Shackletons ship Nimrod pushes through floes on her way to King Edward VII island. Date: circa 1907

Pancake Ice
Pancake ice in the Ross Sea photographed from Shackletons ship Nimrod. Date: circa 1907

Hauling Stores
Ponies hauling stores to Shackletons hut. Date: circa 1907

PARSELENE
Parselene and lunar rainbow Date: 1907 - 1909

Antarctic Iceberg
A tabular berg of typical Antarctic form photographed from Shackletons ship Nimrod. Date: circa 1907

Ice Floes Antarctic
Shackletons ship Nimrod pushes through heavy floes in the Ross Sea. The dark line on the horizon is a water- sky and indicates the existence of the open sea. Date: circa 1907

Shackleton Motor Car
Day with the motor car on the sea ice : ordinary wheels with rubber tyres were found to be the most satisfactory. Date: circa 1907

South Magnetic Pole
Professor David : I hereby take possession of this area now containing the Magnetic Pole for the British Empire. Dr Mackay is on his right, Douglas Mawson on his left. Date: 1909

Shackleton Iceberg
Iceberg seen from Shackletons ship Nimrod in the Antarctic, and nicknamed the Dreadnought. Date: circa 1907

Antarctic Moon
Full Moon in the Antarctic, as seen by Shackletons expedition. Date: circa 1907

Shackleton on Ice
Shackletons men on the Great Ice Barrier, during their Antarctic expedition. circa 1907

Shackleton Motorsledge
The motorised sledge which he plans to use instead of the huskies and ponies used by earlier expeditions... Date: 1907

The South Polar Times
Page from the Illustrated London News showing pages from the South Polar Times, the furthest south illustrated newspaper edited by Lieutenant Ernest Shackleton

Shackleton selects dogs in New Zealand
Ernest Shackleton selects Huskies for his attempt on the South Pole in New Zealand - his first expedition

Shackletons Nimrod on display in London

1958 Creation Life Peers
A page from the ILN devoted to portraits of the first life peers created in 1958 including Baroness Ravondale, Sir Ian Fraser, Sir Robert Boothby and Sir Edward Twining

Polar Sandwich-men advertising a screening of Shackleton Pol
Photograph of sandwich-men, dressed in polar clothing to advertise a screening of pictures from the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09; Croydon, South London, 1909

Sir Ernest Shackleton lecturing at the Albert Hall, 1909
Illustration showing Sir Ernest Shackleton, leader of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09, giving a lecture to the Royal Geographical Society at the Albert Hall, London, 1909

PRS Nimrod moored in London, 1909
Illustration showing Sir Ernest Shackleton, leader of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09, and his wife (left foreground) welcoming visitors onto the deck of the Polar Research Ship Nimrod

Robert E. Peary and Ernest Shackleton, New York, 1910
Photograph showing Robert E. Peary, the US naval commander and explorer (left), and Ernest Shackleton, the British explorer, meeting at the Hotel Astor, New York, 29th March 1910

The Path of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition, 1908-09
Illustration showing the route followed by Sir Ernest Shackletons (1874-1922) group towards the South Pole, during the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09

The Officers and Scientists of the National Antarctic Expedition
Photograph of the officers and scientists of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04, on the deck of the research ship Discovery, 1901. The officers seated are (from left to right): Mr. G

Hut / Shackleton / Antarctic
The hut left by Ernest Shackleton at Cape Royds on Ross Island, Antarctica. Everything is just as it was left including hay for the ponies and meat for huskies

NIMROD STEAMSHIP
Former Newfoundland whaler, used by Shackleton in his Antarctic expedition

Exploration / Shackleton
Members of the Shackleton and Scott Discovery expedition of the Antarctic grow crocuses in the ward-room

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