Ernest Shackleton - Part 5 - The Nimrod Expedition: Survival
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In the second part of the Nimrod Expedition, we focus on two things. First was the struggle of Shackleton and the geographic South Pole to get back to the Antarctic coast. And second, we will cover the pretty amazing story of the magnetic South pole team. It is a some amazing stuff.  Magnetic South Pole Team Route: https://www.loc.gov/resource/g9801s.ct000772/?r=-0.7,-0.008,2.4,1.552,0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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