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Christmas camp during the Nimrod expedition. Photograph: University of Cambridge/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Christmas camp during the Nimrod expedition. Photograph: University of Cambridge/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
National Heritage Memorial Fund bid successful after items from Nimrod trek sold to overseas buyer
Wed 16 Dec 2020 02.00 EST
A sledge and flag that shine light on one of Britain’s greatest adventure stories – Ernest Shackleton’s Nimrod expedition to the south pole – have been kept in the UK.
It was announced on Wednesday that the National Heritage Memorial Fund had provided a £204,700 grant to help buy objects which would otherwise have gone abroad.