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Ernest Shackleton and Endurance blue plaque

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This blue commemorative plaque records: 8th August 1914. Sir Ernest Shackleton, Polar Explorer, and his ship ‘Endurance’ sailed from Millbay Docks at the start of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17). Devon & Cornwall Polar Society Recorded plaque organisation: City of Plymouth, Devon & Cornwall Polar Society.

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