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Christmas camp during the Nimrod expedition. Photograph: University of Cambridge/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Christmas camp during the Nimrod expedition. Photograph: University of Cambridge/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
National Heritage Memorial Fund bid successful after items from Nimrod trek sold to overseas buyer
Wed 16 Dec 2020 02.00 EST
A sledge and flag that shine light on one of Britain’s greatest adventure stories – Ernest Shackleton’s Nimrod expedition to the south pole – have been kept in the UK.
It was announced on Wednesday that the National Heritage Memorial Fund had provided a £204,700 grant to help buy objects which would otherwise have gone abroad.
A sledge and flag used on explorer Ernest Shackleton’s famed attempt to reach the South Pole in the early 1900s will be put on show in London and Cambridge.
The artefacts had earlier been sold at auction to an overseas buyer, leading to the British Government to impose an export ban on the artefacts due to their national importance.
The National Heritage Memorial Fund, which is funded by the Government, said on Wednesday that the items had been acquired for the nation after it awarded a £204,700 grant.
The fund was set up “to save some of the UK’s finest heritage at risk of loss”, and the items will go to two UK museums.
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