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The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
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SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1874-1922)

Shackleton's telegram to King Edward VII

25 Mar 1909

RCIN 2508470

On reaching Christchurch, New Zealand, Shackleton sent this telegram to King Edward VII to report the achievements of the Nimrod expedition. He also requested permission to name a newly discovered range of mountains after Queen Alexandra, to which the King gladly assented.
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