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.

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instanceOf Antarctic expedition
polar exploration mission
alsoKnownAs Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
commander Ernest Shackleton
continent Antarctica
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crewSize 28
departurePort Buenos Aires
Plymouth
South Georgia Island
endDate 1917
era Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
expeditionArtist George Marston
expeditionBiologist Robert Clark
expeditionCarpenter Harry McNish
linked to: Henry McNish
expeditionPhysicist Reginald James
expeditionSurgeon Alexander Macklin
James McIlroy
flagship Endurance
keyEvent crossing of South Georgia’s interior mountains
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
legacy iconic example of crisis leadership and endurance
subject of numerous books and documentaries
notableFor drift in pack ice
extraordinary survival story
leadership of Ernest Shackleton
objective first land crossing of the Antarctic continent
photographer Frank Hurley
relatedDiscovery wreck of Endurance located in Weddell Sea in 2022
rescueDate 1916-08-30
rescuedBy Chilean naval tug Yelcho
rescuerCommander Luis Pardo
result all expedition members survived main party
overland crossing objective failed
ship Endurance lost
shipAbandonedDate 1915-10-27
shipCaptain Frank Worsley
shipCrushedByIceDate 1915-10-27
shipSankDate 1915-11-21
shipTrappedInIceDate 1915-01-18
sponsor British government
linked to: UK government

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Committee
private donors
startDate 1914
supportVessel Aurora
theatre Antarctic Peninsula region
linked to: Antarctic Peninsula

Elephant Island
South Georgia Island
Weddell Sea
usedEquipment three lifeboats (James Caird, Dudley Docker, Stancomb Wills)

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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition alsoKnownAs Endurance Expedition
Frank Wild participantIn Endurance expedition
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Antarctic Treaty historic site (Point Wild area) associatedWith Endurance expedition
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Frank Worsley participantIn Endurance expedition
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Perce Blackborow associatedWith Endurance expedition
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James Wordie participantIn Endurance expedition
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Tim McCarthy participatedIn Endurance expedition
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Hubert Hudson participantIn Endurance expedition
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