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The trek during the snowstorm, 1909. A scene from British explorer Ernest Shackleton's (1874-1922) expedition of 1908-1909 on board the 'Nimrod'. He made three expeditions to the Antarctic, but is best known for the 'Endurance' expedition of 1914-1916 when the ship became trapped in the ice and Shackleton and five colleagues made an epic journey to South Georgia to seek rescue. A print from L'Illustration, 2 October 1909. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The trek during the snowstorm, 1909. A scene from British explorer Ernest Shackleton's (1874-1922) expedition of 1908-1909 on board the 'Nimrod'. He made three expeditions to the Antarctic, but is best known for the 'Endurance' expedition of 1914-1916 when the ship became trapped in the ice and Shackleton and five colleagues made an epic journey to South Georgia to seek rescue. A print from L'Illustration, 2 October 1909. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)