Shackleton's sledge and flag from south pole expedition to stay in UK
by Mark Brown Arts correspondent from on (#5BQ2T)
National Heritage Memorial Fund bid successful after items from Nimrod trek sold to overseas buyer
A sledge and flag that shine light on one of Britain's greatest adventure stories - Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition to the south pole - have been kept in the UK.
It was announced on Wednesday that the National Heritage Memorial Fund had provided a 204,700 grant to help buy objects which would otherwise have gone abroad.
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