Departure of Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition from Lyttelton, NZ, 1st Jan, 1908 (1908)
• January 1st, 1908 • 0h 8min
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Overview
Footage of the expedition leaving Antarctica from New Zealand shot by government cameraman James McDonald. His excellency Admiral Sir Wilmot Hawksworth Fawkes, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy's Australian Station, visits and inspects the "Nimrod."
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