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Ernest Shackleton's first Antarctic sledging diary. February 1902

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Expedition: British National Antarctic Expedition
Author: Ernest Shackleton (1874 - 1922)
Date of article: 18/Feb/1902 - 22/Feb/1902

Reference number: 1537/2/51/50; D

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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