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Explorer Ernest Shackleton typed letter signed from London on 30 October 1913, at which time he was in the final stages of planning his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, an epic voyage that would last three years with his crew barely surviving. Shackleton declines an invitation, as he was about to leave for America, ''...I am sorry I shall be unable to address your Brotherhood. I am shortly leaving for America and am not likely to be in Scotland before I go...[signed] EH Shackleton''. Letter measures 8'' x 10'' on his letterhead with the telegraph address of ''ANTEXPEDI, LONDON''. Folds and light smudging to signature, overall very good condition.