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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Endurance expedition | 1 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
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| 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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