Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 16 ga Janairu 1909 mutane uku (Douglas Mawson, Edgeworth David, da Alistair Mackay) daga Sir Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition
ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya sami kudancin magnetic pole, wanda a wancan lokacin yana kan ƙasa. Sun dasa wata alama a wurin kuma sun yi da'awar shi ga Daular Burtaniya. Mutanen uku sun fara balaguro zuwa kudancin magnetic pole a cikin motar mota da aka tsara musamman don yanayin sanyi, amma sun watsar da shi lokacin da ya tabbatar da rashin amfani a kan abubuwa masu laushi. Daga nan sai suka yi tafiyar mil 1260 don isa kudancin magnetic pole yayin da suke jan sledges da kayayyaki da suka kai kimanin 670 lbs. Tafiya da ƙafa a cikin wuri mafi sanyi a duniya yana da haɗari, kuma mutanen sun fuskanci haɗari da yawa kamar faɗuwa cikin ɓoyayyun ƙanƙara da kuma samun sanyi da kuma dusar ƙanƙara. Tsoron yunwa, sun rage biscuits din su zuwa kankara, kuma sun farautar hatsi da penguins. Duk da haka, yanzu akwai wasu shakku game da ko wurin da suke daidai ne. Matsayin da aka yi a ranar 16 ga Janairu 1909 shine.