British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 Old Postcard Queen's Flag 88° 23'S. 162°E.

Vintage Old Original Postcard. The British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09. The Nimrod Expedition. Shackleton. Snow Snowy Ground. British Flag. Great Britain. Union Jack. Farthest South, Queen's Flag Hoisted Lat. 88° 23'S., Long 162°E.

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Background: British Antarctic Expedition, The Nimrod Expedition of 1907–09, was the first of 3 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 journey to that date and a record convergence on either Pole.

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