Route and Surveys of the South Magnetic Pole Party

Route and Surveys of the South Magnetic Pole Party, 1909

Portfolio/Series title: The Heart of the Antarctic; Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909

Material/technique: color lithograph

Credit line: Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, Ellis Omnia D400

Accession number: EL2009.010

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Exhibition Label:
"Climate Change at the Poles," Jan-2009, Kate Meyer, Jennifer Talbott, and Angela Watts
These maps from Ernest Shackleton’s (1874-1922) Nimrod expedition (also see the nearby South Journey Party map) represent the first exploration of Antarctica conducted on foot shown in this exhibition. Like his predecessor and sometimes competitor, Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), Shackleton conducted extensive exploration of Antarctica. The design of these maps is similar to those from Ross’s expeditions. In all cases, the viewer receives a narrowly focused quantity
of information, specific only to what the explorers were able to determine firsthand.