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jan 9, 1909 - South Pole

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Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.

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jan 9, 1909
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~ 116 years ago