3 months old This article is more than 3 months old 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.