Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition of 1914–1917 is seen as the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. It was led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. The expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent.[1] Shackleton's expedition failed when his ship, Endurance sank.[2]
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Media
Endurance under sail, Antarctic Ocean, c. 1915, by Frank Hurley
Ernest Shackleton, leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Crew members working to free the ship from the ice
Shackleton and Wild among the pressure ridges in the pack ice
Dogs watching Endurance in the final stages of its drift, shortly before it sank to the bottom of the Weddell Sea
Hurley and Shackleton, Ocean Camp, Weddell Sea, 1914-1915, lantern slide, State Library of New South Wales
Path of Endurance's drift and the escape route to Elephant Island
Paths taken from Endurance's beset to the final rescue
References
- ↑ McKernan, V. (2006). Shackleton's Stowaway. New York: Knopf Books. ISBN 9780375826917.
- ↑ Tamiko, R., ed. (2001). South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780743222921.
