Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

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The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famed 1914–1917 Antarctic venture, best known for the dramatic survival and rescue of its crew after their ship Endurance was trapped and crushed by pack ice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic expedition
polar exploration mission
alsoKnownAs Endurance Expedition
casualties deaths among Ross Sea party
no deaths among Endurance main party
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
departurePort Buenos Aires
Plymouth
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
surface form: South Georgia Island
documentedIn South: The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914–1917
endDate 1917
era Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration
surface form: Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
followedBy Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
goal first land crossing of the Antarctic continent
hasTheme endurance in extreme conditions
leadership under crisis
leader Ernest Shackleton
logisticalSupport dog teams
man-hauling
motor sledges
member Alexander Macklin
Alfred Cheetham
Charles Green
Frank Wild
Frank Worsley
Henry McNish
surface form: Harry McNish

Henry McNish
Hubert Hudson
James Wordie
Leonard Hussey
Lionel Greenstreet
Perce Blackborow
Reginald James
Ross Sea party
Tim McCarthy
Tom Crean
notableEvent Endurance crushed by pack ice
Endurance trapped in pack ice
James Caird lifeboat replica
surface form: James Caird voyage to South Georgia

drift on pack ice floes
open-boat journey to Elephant Island
rescue of Elephant Island party
notableFor extraordinary survival story
leadership of Ernest Shackleton
precededBy Nimrod Expedition
primaryShip Endurance
result all Endurance crew survived
trans-Antarctic crossing not achieved
routePlan Weddell Sea to Ross Sea overland crossing
sponsor Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition self-linksurface differs
surface form: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Committee
startDate 1914
supportShip Aurora
theatreOfOperations Antarctica
Ross Sea
Weddell Sea

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Yelcho (ship) expedition Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
subject surface form: Yelcho
Yelcho (ship) associatedWith Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
subject surface form: Yelcho
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition sponsor Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Committee
Ernest Shackleton knownFor Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Ernest Shackleton notableExpedition Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Luis Pardo associatedWith Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
this entity surface form: Imperial Trans‑Antarctic Expedition
Luis Alberto Pardo associatedWith Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration includesEvent Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration includesEvent Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
this entity surface form: Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition
Frank Wild participantIn Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Grytviken Cemetery associatedWith Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
this entity surface form: Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Mount Worsley honoureeParticipatedIn Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
James Caird lifeboat replica associatedWith Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition