Nimrod Expedition facts for kids

The British Antarctic Expedition 1907–09 was also called the Nimrod Expedition. It was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton. The purpose of the journey was to reach the South Pole.

The group returned as heroes. Shackleton received many awards. These included a knighthood from King Edward VIII. Three years later, a group led by Roald Amundsen was first to arrive at the South Pole.

Images for kids

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  Jameson Adams, Frank Wild and Eric Marshall (from left to right) plant the Union Jack at their southernmost position, 88° 23', on 9 January 1909. The photograph was taken by expedition leader Ernest Shackleton.

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  Scottish industrialist Sir William Beardmore, later Lord Invernairn

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  The expedition's ship Nimrod departing for the South Pole

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  Edgeworth David, who headed the scientific team

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  Douglas Mawson, a late addition to the scientific team

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  Robert Falcon Scott

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  Inside the Cape Royds Hut, winter 1908. Included in the picture are Shackleton (left background), Armytage (Standing background), Adams (smoking curved pipe), Wild (working on the sledge) and Joyce (extreme right, foreground). A poster advertising ladies' corsets hangs on the wall.

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  Mount Erebus

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  On the return journey. The party reach a depot on the Great Ice Barrier

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  Wild, Shackleton, Marshall and Adams aboard Nimrod after their southern journey

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  (l. to r.) Mackay, Edgeworth David, and Mawson at the Southern Magnetic Pole, 17 January 1909

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  Sir Ernest Shackleton: "What Nansen is to the North, Shackleton is to the South"—Roald Amundsen

See also

In Spanish: Expedición Nimrod para niños