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Jan 19: Cape Royds The  Nimrod Expedition was Shackleton’s first major expedition (but overshadowed by his Endurance expedition). He sailed from NZ on the ship Nimrod, a 40 year old converted Norwegian sealer on Jan 1, 1908. Shackleton assured Scott that he didn’t intend to enter McMurdo Sound, but thick sea ice forced Shackleton to…