Are Polar exploration memorabilia auctions like buses? You could be waiting for ages for one and then three come along at once.

From a penguin egg to a menu of penguin patties, January sees significant items relating to Polar exploration offered at sales at Golding Young & Mawer, Stroud Auctions and Tennants Auctioneers.

First up is on January 3 when A ‘Midwinter menu’ printed during Ernest Shackleton's British Antarcti…

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