Endurance Expedition
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The Endurance Expedition was Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famed 1914–1917 Antarctic mission, remembered for its dramatic shipwreck in pack ice and the extraordinary survival and rescue of its crew.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Endurance Expedition canonical | 1 |
| Endurance expedition | 1 |
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Target entity: Endurance Expedition Context triple: [Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, alsoKnownAs, Endurance Expedition]
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The Limits of Endurance
"The Limits of Endurance" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series "The Life of Birds" that explores how birds survive and adapt to extreme environments and challenging conditions.
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Wilderness Trek
Wilderness Trek is a themed exhibit area at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo that showcases animals and habitats from North America's rugged wilderness regions.
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Overlander
Overlander is a Dutch surname historically associated with prominent families in the Netherlands, including figures such as Maria Overlander van Purmerland.
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Transglobe Expedition
The Transglobe Expedition was a pioneering 1979–1982 journey that became the first successful circumnavigation of the Earth via both the North and South Poles.
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South Pole race
The South Pole race was an extreme endurance expedition in which teams competed to ski across Antarctica to the geographic South Pole under harsh polar conditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Endurance Expedition Target entity description: The Endurance Expedition was Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famed 1914–1917 Antarctic mission, remembered for its dramatic shipwreck in pack ice and the extraordinary survival and rescue of its crew.
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A.
The Limits of Endurance
"The Limits of Endurance" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series "The Life of Birds" that explores how birds survive and adapt to extreme environments and challenging conditions.
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B.
Wilderness Trek
Wilderness Trek is a themed exhibit area at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo that showcases animals and habitats from North America's rugged wilderness regions.
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C.
Overlander
Overlander is a Dutch surname historically associated with prominent families in the Netherlands, including figures such as Maria Overlander van Purmerland.
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D.
Transglobe Expedition
The Transglobe Expedition was a pioneering 1979–1982 journey that became the first successful circumnavigation of the Earth via both the North and South Poles.
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E.
South Pole race
The South Pole race was an extreme endurance expedition in which teams competed to ski across Antarctica to the geographic South Pole under harsh polar conditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Antarctic expedition
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polar exploration mission ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewSize | 28 ⓘ |
| departurePort |
Buenos Aires
NERFINISHED
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Plymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ South Georgia Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1917 ⓘ |
| era | Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expeditionArtist | George Marston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expeditionBiologist | Robert Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expeditionCarpenter | Harry McNish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expeditionPhysicist | Reginald James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expeditionSurgeon |
Alexander Macklin
NERFINISHED
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James McIlroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flagship | Endurance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
crossing of South Georgia’s interior mountains
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drift on pack ice after Endurance was trapped ⓘ journey in open boats to Elephant Island ⓘ voyage of the James Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia ⓘ |
| leader | Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
iconic example of crisis leadership and endurance
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subject of numerous books and documentaries ⓘ |
| notableFor |
drift in pack ice
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extraordinary survival story ⓘ leadership of Ernest Shackleton ⓘ |
| objective | first land crossing of the Antarctic continent ⓘ |
| photographer | Frank Hurley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedDiscovery | wreck of Endurance located in Weddell Sea in 2022 ⓘ |
| rescueDate | 1916-08-30 ⓘ |
| rescuedBy | Chilean naval tug Yelcho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rescuerCommander | Luis Pardo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
all expedition members survived main party
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overland crossing objective failed ⓘ ship Endurance lost ⓘ |
| shipAbandonedDate | 1915-10-27 ⓘ |
| shipCaptain | Frank Worsley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipCrushedByIceDate | 1915-10-27 ⓘ |
| shipSankDate | 1915-11-21 ⓘ |
| shipTrappedInIceDate | 1915-01-18 ⓘ |
| sponsor |
British government
NERFINISHED
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ private donors ⓘ |
| startDate | 1914 ⓘ |
| supportVessel | Aurora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatre |
Antarctic Peninsula region
NERFINISHED
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Elephant Island NERFINISHED ⓘ South Georgia Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Weddell Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedEquipment | three lifeboats (James Caird, Dudley Docker, Stancomb Wills) ⓘ |
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Subject: Endurance Expedition Description of subject: The Endurance Expedition was Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famed 1914–1917 Antarctic mission, remembered for its dramatic shipwreck in pack ice and the extraordinary survival and rescue of its crew.
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