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Ernest Shackleton

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Ernest Shackleton

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Auction Date:2011 Oct 12 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Remarkable vintage matte-finish 2.5 x 3.75 photo of Shackleton, bundled in a jacket that would serve to protect him from harsh polar conditions, signed in fountain pen, “Yours .v. sincerely, Ernest Shackleton, 1912.” In fine condition, with slightly trimmed edges lightly affecting the end of the signature, and mounting remnants on the reverse, neither of which detract from the otherwise pristine image. After Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole in 1912, Shackleton set his sights on the next great conquest—traversing the continent, from sea to sea, via the pole. This journey, which he would begin in 1914, would come to be known as the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition; Shackleton’s actions during this traumatic voyage, ensuring each and every crewman escaped the ship, the Endurance, when it became trapped and crushed by ice, would secure his place as a figure in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. An incredibly scarce and beautifully preserved photo of the polar pioneer.