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2/21/1916 - First banjo in Antartica. Meteorologist Doctor Leonard "Doc" Hussey took his 5 string banjo on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition to reach the South Pole. On 21 February 1915 the Endurance reached it's southern most point but got trapped in the pack ice. The banjo was rescued from the Endurance, despite its 12lb weight, as Shackleton decreed it was "vital mental medicine". Read more....
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