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The '''[[ | The '''[[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]]''' (1914–17), also known as the '''Endurance Expedition''', is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of [[Antarctic]] Exploration. Conceived by Sir [[Ernest Shackleton]], the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. After the conquest of the [[South Pole]] by [[Roald Amundsen]] in 1911, this crossing remained, in Shackleton's words, the "one great main object of Antarctic journeying"." | ||
The | The expedition failed to accomplish this objective, but became recognized instead as an epic feat of endurance. | ||
''Endurance'' became beset in the ice of the [[Weddell Sea]] before reaching Vahsel Bay, and drifted northward, held in the [[pack ice]], throughout the [[Antarctic]] winter of 1915. Eventually the ship was crushed and sunk, stranding its 28-man complement on the ice. | |||
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The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–17), also known as the Endurance Expedition, is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. After the conquest of the South Pole by Roald Amundsen in 1911, this crossing remained, in Shackleton's words, the "one great main object of Antarctic journeying"."
The expedition failed to accomplish this objective, but became recognized instead as an epic feat of endurance.
Endurance became beset in the ice of the Weddell Sea before reaching Vahsel Bay, and drifted northward, held in the pack ice, throughout the Antarctic winter of 1915. Eventually the ship was crushed and sunk, stranding its 28-man complement on the ice.