BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1907-1909 -- ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1874-1922)

A very rare four minute recording of Shackleton's voice. Recorded in New Zealand, a week after his return to civilisation, he summarises the achievements of the expedition: 'We reached a point within 97 geographical miles of the South Pole; the only thing that stopped us from reaching the actual point was the lack of 50lbs. of food. Another party reached, for the first time, the South Magnetic Pole; another party reached the summit of a great active volcano, Mount Erebus. We made many interesting geological and scientific discoveries and had many narrow escapes throughout the whole time.'