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Ernest Shackleton's first Antarctic sledging diary. February 1902
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Scott selected Ernest Shackleton to lead the first exploratory sledging journey of the Discovery Expedition. Shackleton was accompanied by Edward Wilson, the assistant surgeon and zoologist and Hartley Travers Ferrar, a geologist. They headed for a 2,300 foot vantage point on White Island (now called Mount Heine) and from there were able to view the great ice barrier stretching towards the south. Edward Wilson called it a Highway to the Pole.
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