Nimrod Expedition lacked governmental or institutional support, and relied on private loans and individual contributions.
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13 Facts About Nimrod Expedition
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Nimrod Expedition made little financial gain from the expedition and eventually depended on a government grant to cover its liabilities.
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Nimrod Expedition had been sent home on the relief ship Morning in 1903 after a physical collapse during the expedition's main southern journey.
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Nimrod Expedition nevertheless declined the opportunity of a swift Antarctic return as chief officer of Discoverys second relief ship Terra Nova, after helping to fit her out; he helped to equip Uruguay, the ship being prepared for the relief of Otto Nordenskjold's expedition, stranded in the Weddell Sea.
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Nimrod Expedition received his first promise of financial backing when early in 1907 his employer, Beardmore, offered a £7,000 loan guarantee.
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Nimrod Expedition therefore had six months to secure the financing, acquire and fit out a ship, buy all the equipment and supplies, and recruit the personnel.
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Nimrod Expedition hoped to profit from sales of special postage stamps bearing the cancellation stamp of the Antarctica post office that Shackleton, appointed temporary postmaster by the New Zealand government, intended to establish there.
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Shackleton hoped to recruit a strong contingent from the Discovery Nimrod Expedition and offered his former comrade Edward Adrian Wilson the post of chief scientist and second-in-command.
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Nimrod Expedition concluded by reminding Shackleton of his duty of loyalty towards his former commander.
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Nimrod Expedition recovered sufficiently to return with the ship in the following season.
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Shackleton then decided that he and Wild would make a dash for Hut Point in hopes of finding Nimrod Expedition and holding her until the other two could be rescued.
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Farthest south record of the Nimrod Expedition stood for less than three years, until Amundsen reached the South Pole on 15 December 1911.
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