<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton" id="mwzA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ernest Shackleton">Ernest Shackleton</a>, leading the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod_Expedition" id="mwzQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nimrod Expedition">Nimrod Expedition</a> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole" id="mwzg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Pole">South Pole</a>, plants the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwzw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flag of the United Kingdom">British flag</a> <span about="#mwt131" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"97"},"2":{"wt":"nmi"},"3":{"wt":"km mi"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mw0A" typeof="mw:Transclusion">97 nautical miles (180</span><span about="#mwt131" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt131">km; 112</span><span about="#mwt131" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt131">mi)</span> from the South Pole, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farthest_South" id="mw0Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Farthest South">farthest anyone had ever reached</a> at that time.