"Luncheon Menu. British Antarctic Expedition. United Service Hotel, Christchurch", SIGNED BY SHACKLETON AND EIGHTEEN OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 4-page menu, the upper cover colour-printed with British flags, 26 March 1909--"Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. Complimentary Banquet to Lieut. E.H. Shackleton, M.V.C., the Shore Party and Offiers of the S.Y. Nimrod, on their return from Antarctica", SIGNED BY JOHN K. DAVIS (Nimrod's first officer), HENRY DUNLOP, and 24 other attendees, 4-page menu, the upper cover printed with map of the South Pole (showing position reached by "Discovery" and "Nimrod"), split at fold, 3 April 1909, 8vo (2)

Footnotes

Nimrod arrived at Lyttleton harbour on 25 March 1909 to a heroic welcome by the New Zealand public. The "luncheon" held at the United Service Hotel the following day appears to have been a relatively intimate one, our menu signed by Shackleton, all but 2 members of the Shore Party, and 3 of the ship's officers but none of the usual local dignataries, and was apparently unreported in the press. The banquet at the Philosophical Institute was a much more public affair, at which "a standing ovation was given to Shackleton and loud applause as he responded to the many toasts to the expedition. He said that 'They always felt dissatisfied with what might have been done...but on that plateau, with no 'grub' inside them...they were forced to turn back. There had been no gentle maidens to rest their heads upon!' This was a reference to a duet that had been sung earlier in the evening and was received with laughter" (The Press, 5/4/09, p.8).

Provenance: Henry J.L. Dunlop (1876-1931), Chief Engineer on the Nimrod, ownership inscription in pencil on front paste-down; by descent to the present owner.

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