1st of January
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events
1908 - Shackleton's Nimrod leaves Lyttleton NZ for the South. 2 passenger craft behind the Nimrod and the stern end of a third at the right side of the picture. About 50,000 people from Lyttleton and beyond turned out to see her departure.
1908 - Shackleton's ship the Nimrod leaves New Zealand for Antarctica towed by the Koonya. Picture - Nimrod foreground. HMS Powerful behind, leaving Lyttleton harbour.
