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0160941 - 18 April 2000 THE CHRISTIE'S SALE OF RELICS FROM LEGENDARY EPISODES IN POLAR EXPLORATION INCLUDES A SLEDGING BISCUIT FROM THE NIMROD EXPEDITION 1907-09. THE BISCUIT IS INSCRIBED 'THIS WAS PART OF THE FOOD THE MEN WHO WERE CUT OUT IN THE NIMROD 1907 WITH SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON & SIR PHILIP BROCKLEHURST IN SEARCH OF THE SOUTH POLE 1907 &1909' THE BISCUIT IS 3in SQUARE (7.6) CM AND COMES WITH A REGISTERED LETTER ENVELOPE POSTMARKED ' BARROW IN FURNESS 28 JA 35 ' IT IS ADDRESSED TO MRS G CLARKE, "BELLE VUE," SUTTON ON SEA, LINCS.
SHACKLETON WAS PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH FOOD AND TOOK CARE TO AVOID PAST MISTAKES - FOR EXAMPLE HE ORDERED SPECIAL BISCUITS FORTIFIED WITH PLASMON, THE CONCENTRATED MILK PROTEIN THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN TRIED ON THE DISCOVERY. WITHIN A HUNDRED MILES OF THE POLE, SHACKLETON AND HIS POLAR PARTY LEFT THE BEARDMORE GLACIER STARVING AND ILL, JUST REACHING A SUPPLY DEPOT AFTER DAYS WITHOUT FOOD IN JAN 1909. PIC CHRISTIE'S
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![18 April 2000 THE CHRISTIE'S SALE OF RELICS FROM LEGENDARY EPISODES IN POLAR EXPLORATION INCLUDES A SLEDGING BISCUIT FROM THE NIMROD EXPEDITION 1907-09. THE BISCUIT IS INSCRIBED 'THIS WAS PART OF THE FOOD THE MEN WHO WERE CUT OUT IN THE NIMROD 1907 WITH SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON & SIR PHILIP BROCKLEHURST IN SEARCH OF THE SOUTH POLE 1907 &1909' THE BISCUIT IS 3in SQUARE (7.6) CM AND COMES WITH A REGISTERED LETTER ENVELOPE POSTMARKED ' BARROW IN FURNESS 28 JA 35 ' IT IS ADDRESSED TO MRS G CLARKE, "BELLE VUE," SUTTON ON SEA, LINCS.<br>SHACKLETON WAS PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH FOOD AND TOOK CARE TO AVOID PAST MISTAKES - FOR EXAMPLE HE ORDERED SPECIAL BISCUITS FORTIFIED WITH PLASMON, THE CONCENTRATED MILK PROTEIN THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN TRIED ON THE DISCOVERY. WITHIN A HUNDRED MILES OF THE POLE, SHACKLETON AND HIS POLAR PARTY LEFT THE BEARDMORE GLACIER STARVING AND ILL, JUST REACHING A SUPPLY DEPOT AFTER DAYS WITHOUT FOOD IN JAN 1909. PIC CHRISTIE'S<br>](../images/prevs/0160941.jpg "18 April 2000 THE CHRISTIE'S SALE OF RELICS FROM LEGENDARY EPISODES IN POLAR EXPLORATION INCLUDES A SLEDGING BISCUIT FROM THE NIMROD EXPEDITION 1907-09. THE BISCUIT IS INSCRIBED 'THIS WAS PART OF THE FOOD THE MEN WHO WERE CUT OUT IN THE NIMROD 1907 WITH SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON & SIR PHILIP BROCKLEHURST IN SEARCH OF THE SOUTH POLE 1907 &1909' THE BISCUIT IS 3in SQUARE (7.6) CM AND COMES WITH A REGISTERED LETTER ENVELOPE POSTMARKED ' BARROW IN FURNESS 28 JA 35 ' IT IS ADDRESSED TO MRS G CLARKE, "BELLE VUE,\" SUTTON ON SEA, LINCS.<br>SHACKLETON WAS PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH FOOD AND TOOK CARE TO AVOID PAST MISTAKES - FOR EXAMPLE HE ORDERED SPECIAL BISCUITS FORTIFIED WITH PLASMON, THE CONCENTRATED MILK PROTEIN THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN TRIED ON THE DISCOVERY. WITHIN A HUNDRED MILES OF THE POLE, SHACKLETON AND HIS POLAR PARTY LEFT THE BEARDMORE GLACIER STARVING AND ILL, JUST REACHING A SUPPLY DEPOT AFTER DAYS WITHOUT FOOD IN JAN 1909. PIC CHRISTIE'S<br>")