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Please help us to raise funds for this 900 mile journey by ski across some of the world's most inhospitable terrain. The Expedition will last about 90 days in freezing conditions in the white desert of Antarctica. We will be totally self-sufficient, responsible for all our own decsions and route finding.

We will set out on October 29th, 2008 to follow in our ancestors' footsteps, and recreate Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1909 Nimrod Expedition, originally intended to be the first expedition to the South Pole.

The original team got to within ninety-seven miles of the Pole on January 9th, 2009 before being forced back: one hundred years later we hope to ski 900 miles across Antarctica to the same point and then continue onto the South Pole, and in so doing, finish the business our forefathers began.

Our efforts go towards establishing a new charity called The Shackleton Foundation.

You will be able to track our daily progess on the website:


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Shackleton Foundation

Shackleton Foundation

Charity Registration No. 1118686

The Shackleton Foundation supports individuals of all ages, nationalities and backgrounds who exemplify the spirit of Sir Ernest Shackleton: inspirational leaders wishing to "make a difference", in particular to the less advantaged.

Donations 154

Brilliant news! what an incredible achievement.

Donation by Emma and Alex Temple on 19/01/09

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

BRAVO ZULU! Fanfare from the High North.

Donation by Kjell A. Bratli on 19/01/09

£300.00

fantastic

Donation by Ruaraidh and jeanette ogilvie on 19/01/09

£25.00

+ £7.05 Gift Aid

Followed your success through Bill Shipton's excellent daily bulletin. Success inspirational to all.

Donation by Christopher Burson on 19/01/09

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

Amazing achievement! We are total awe. 40 quid for making it to the pole and 10 quid for Henry Adams' enormous beard (also a tremendous achievement)

Donation by Abbe + Ian Le P on 19/01/09

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

Finished family business !

Donation by Pete Gosling on 19/01/09

£50.00

Congratulation for this amazing achievement and the poignant moment with Sir Ernest Shackleton's compass!

Donation by Zsolt Usztoke on 18/01/09

£10.00

A fantastic achievement! Well done Gowser and many congratulations to all the team.

Donation by Will Fetherston on 18/01/09

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

Congratulations on a really wonderful achievement.Well done to you all.The Mate would be so proud of you.

Donation by Miranda Seel on 18/01/09

£300.00

+ £84.62 Gift Aid

Congratulations on a wonderful adventure, brilliant project and amazing achievement

Donation by Christine Forrest on 17/01/09

£25.00

+ £7.05 Gift Aid

Congratulations on your amazing accomplishment!! We can't wait to see you to get a first-hand account of you incredible journey!!

Donation by Annie, Nina, Sandra and Charlie McIntosh on 17/01/09

£1,250.00

Very well done - a fantastic achievement; we have enjoyed following your daily reports.

Donation by Simon and Nicky Bate on 17/01/09

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

With a huge smile on a huge day! xx

Donation by Tash N on 17/01/09

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

The Otterden Shoot greets you with a 21 gun salute. A truly astonishing and magnificent effort.

Donation by Jeremy Carey on 17/01/09

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

I live in New Zealand and was lucky enough to visit Shackelton's hut in2007

Donation by Philippa Bates on 17/01/09

£100.00

Simply wonderful - congratulations on such an historic and awesome journey!

Donation by Murray and Amanda Whiteside on 16/01/09

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

Full of admiration. An amazing achievement. The daily reports have been brilliant

Donation by Anonymous on 16/01/09

£100.00

+ £28.21 Gift Aid

Your daily reports have been inspirational, & your achievement is utterly awesome.

Donation by Sally Adams on 16/01/09

£75.00

+ £21.15 Gift Aid

Full of admiration for all of you; inspirational. Swift and Cold, Henry?

Donation by Tom C-S on 16/01/09

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

Fantastic achievement and one that your forebears would be very proud of. WG: RL-S can't understand why you didn't row to Antarctica.

Donation by Sacha & Michael Davies on 16/01/09

£25.00

+ £7.05 Gift Aid

Congratulations

Donation by anonymous on 16/01/09

£250.00

+ £70.51 Gift Aid

Well done the team! Best regards especially to Henry

Donation by kenneth Frewer on 16/01/09

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

Fantastic achievement - and just to show there's no hard feelings for not picking me for the last leg.... here's fifty quid! ;)

Donation by Ian Nuttall, EVMI Ltd on 16/01/09

£50.00

Great inspiring work. Have really enjoyed the reports - armchair adventuring at its best...

Donation by Matthew Young on 16/01/09

£17.00

+ £4.79 Gift Aid

Fantastic . . .

Donation by Roger Gifford on 16/01/09

£100.00

+ £28.21 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£18,038.00
  • Offline donations£0.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£18,038.00
  • Gift Aid£3,723.92

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