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'''Peter I Island''' is an uninhabited [[high island|volcanic]] [[island]] in the [[Bellingshausen Sea]], {{convert|450|km}} from [[Antarctica]]. It is [[territorial claims in Antarctica|claimed]] as a [[Dependent territory|dependency]] of [[Norway]], and along with [[Bouvet Island]] and [[Queen Maud Land]] comprises one of the [[dependencies of Norway|three Norwegian dependent territories]] in the [[Antarctic]] and [[Subantarctic]]. Peter I Island is {{convert|11|by|19|km}} long and {{convert|156|km2}}, slightly larger than [[Staten Island]]. The tallest peak is the [[Ultra-prominent peak|ultra]] and {{convert|1640|m|adj=on|sp=us}} tall [[Lars Christensen Peak]]. Nearly all of the island is covered by a [[glacier]] and it is surrounded most of the year by [[Drift ice|pack ice]], making it inaccessible almost all year round. There is little life on the island apart from seabirds and [[pinniped|seals]]. '''([[Peter I Island|Full Article...]])'''
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'''[[Ernest Shackleton]]''' was a polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]], and one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
 
After the race to the [[South Pole]] ended in December 1911 with [[Roald Amundsen]]'s conquest, Shackleton turned his attention to the crossing of [[Antarctica]] from sea to sea, via the pole. To this end he made preparations for what became the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–17. Disaster struck this expedition when its ship, ''[[Endurance]]'', became trapped in [[pack ice]] and was slowly crushed before the shore parties could be landed. The crew escaped by camping on the sea ice until it disintegrated, then by launching the lifeboats to reach Elephant Island and ultimately the inhabited island of South Georgia, a stormy ocean voyage of 720 nautical miles and Shackleton's most famous exploit.
 
'''([[Ernest Shackleton|Full Article...]])'''

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