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3 days ago · The expedition‘s goal was to achieve the first crossing of the Antarctic continent on foot, a feat that had never been attempted before. The expedition was divided into two parties: the Weddell Sea party, led by Shackleton himself, and the Ross Sea party, tasked with laying supply depots for the crossing party.
3 days ago · In August 1914 the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–16) left England under Shackleton’s leadership. He planned to cross Antarctica from a base on the Weddell Sea to McMurdo Sound, via the South Pole, but the expedition ship Endurance was trapped in ice off the Caird coast and drifted for 10 months before being crushed in ...
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2 days ago · His most famous expedition, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917), also known as the Endurance expedition, aimed to achieve the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. Although the expedition faced insurmountable challenges, Shackleton‘s leadership and the crew‘s remarkable survival story have become the stuff of legend.
May 15, 2024 · Unearthing a Shackleton’s ‘Failure’ Fast forward to 2022, when the world was emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic. An expedition set sail toward the icy wilderness of Antarctica.
3 days ago · To this end, he made preparations for what became the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. The expedition was struck by disaster when its ship, Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and finally sank in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica on 21 November 1915.
May 1, 2024 · Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton is arguably the most legendary Antarctic explorer. Irish-born, Shackleton led several British expeditions to the region. This includes his ill-fated Endurance endeavour, where stories of courage, leadership and unimaginable hardships saw him start as an explorer and return a hero.
May 20, 2024 · 20 May 2024. A memorial to polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton will travel more than 7,000 miles to Dundee to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth. The wooden Hope Cross will be displayed at ...
