b'151Polar Exploration1113 financial contributor. He travelled independently, paying for a BRITISH ANTARCTIC NIMROD EXPEDITION 1907-1909: first class passage to New Zealand, where he joined the other A remarkable, complete set of twelve sterling silver winemembers of the expedition on the Nimrod. After a base was goblets (7cm high), presented on a felt board (which wouldestablished at Cape Royds in February 1908, he was one of a have once fitted into a timber case). Each goblet (made byparty which climbed Mount Erebus (unclimbed until then). The Stewart Dawson & Co) is engraved with a scene, animal orparty of Edgeworth David, Douglas Mawson, Alistair Mackay, bird and is further engraved around the base with a legend: Eric Marshall, Brocklehurst and Jameson Adams started on 5 ANTARCTICA 1907 - 09 (a husky) March. Brocklehurst suffered from frostbitten feet, and was BAY OF WHALES 1908 (the camp-site,unable to complete the climb; the others reached the summit named by Shackleton 24 January 1908) on 10 March. Afterwards, a big toe had to be amputated WESTERN MOUNTAINS JOURNEY (a leopard seal) because of frostbite. He was not chosen for the polar party, 1ST SPRING JOURNEY (the Nimrod in open waters) but was part of the support party which accompanied them STEWART ISLAND 1909 (one of the Shackleton Expeditionfor part of the way. The four-man polar party, intending to ponies) reach the South Pole, eventually reached a Farthest South 1ST HUT POINT JOURNEY (a king penguin) latitude of 88 23 S, 97.5 nautical miles (180.6 km; 112.2 mi) GLACIER TONGUE JOURNEY (the Nimrod wasfrom the pole. Brocklehurst, as a member of the shore party of anchored near the tongue of the Erebus Glacier, early 1909;the Expedition, was awarded the silver Polar Medal in 1909.a heavily laden sledge) $4,0006,000BRITISH EAST AFRICA 1910 (a penguin)FIRST DEPOT JOURNEY (1911-14 Antarctic Expedition;1114sea crustaceans) A pocket compass, donated for a charity auction on 23rd NEWFOUNDLAND 1911 (a snow-clad hut,September 2010, by The Hon. Alexandra Shackleton, believed to be Shackletons Hut at Cape Royds)) from the Shackleton Family Collection.ARCTIC 1912 (an auk) The fully magnetized compass is housed in an oak frame CONQUEST OF EREBUS (by Shackletons party in 1908; awith brass fittings, and is circa 1860s.view of Mount Erebus). 66 x 66mm.Accompanied by a hand-written note from the vendorAlexandra Shackleton has been much involved in her indicating that the set was purchased from Sir Philipgrandfathers legacy and is a past president of the James Brocklehurst (1887 - 1975) in 1972. He had received the setCaird Society.as a gift from Ernest Shackleton, whose Nimrod Expedition of 1907-09 he had joined as an Assistant Geologist and$300500 1113'