Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–1917)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition_(1914–1917)

GPTKB entity

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Endurance_Expedition
gptkbp:casualties	None (main party)
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:South:_The_Story_of_Shackleton's_Last_Expedition,_1914–1917
gptkbp:endDate	1917
gptkbp:expedition_outcome	No crossing achieved
gptkbp:filmmaker	gptkb:Frank_Hurley
gptkbp:goal	First land crossing of the Antarctic continent
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–1917)
gptkbp:James_Caird_journey	Elephant Island to South Georgia
gptkbp:James_Caird_journey_date	April 1916
gptkbp:James_Caird_journey_distance	~800 miles (1,300 km)
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Ernest_Shackleton
gptkbp:legacy	One of the greatest survival stories in exploration history
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:notableDogTeam	gptkb:Samson_and_Shakespeare
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Shackleton's_journey_to_South_Georgia Endurance trapped and crushed by pack ice Crew stranded on ice floes
gptkbp:notableFauna	gptkb:Mrs._Chippy_(cat)
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Clarence_How gptkb:Charles_Green gptkb:William_Stephenson gptkb:Huber_Hudson gptkb:Tom_Crean gptkb:Alexander_Macklin gptkb:Alfred_Cheetham gptkb:Ernest_Holness gptkb:Frank_Wild gptkb:Frank_Worsley gptkb:George_Marston gptkb:Harry_McNish gptkb:James_McIlroy gptkb:James_Wordie gptkb:Leonard_Hussey gptkb:Lewis_Rickinson gptkb:Percy_Blackborow gptkb:Reginald_James gptkb:Thomas_Orde-Lees gptkb:Timothy_McCarthy gptkb:Walter_How gptkb:William_Bakewell gptkb:John_Vincent gptkb:Robert_Clark gptkb:Frederick_Blackborow
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:James_Caird
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	28
gptkbp:photographed	gptkb:Frank_Hurley
gptkbp:rescue_location	gptkb:Elephant_Island
gptkbp:rescue_ship	gptkb:Yelcho
gptkbp:rescue_ship_captain	gptkb:Luis_Pardo
gptkbp:rescuedBy	August 1916
gptkbp:Ross_Sea_party_casualties	3
gptkbp:Ross_Sea_party_leader	gptkb:Aeneas_Mackintosh
gptkbp:Ross_Sea_party_mission	Lay supply depots for crossing party
gptkbp:Ross_Sea_party_ship	gptkb:Aurora
gptkbp:route	Weddell Sea to Ross Sea
gptkbp:shipUsed	gptkb:Aurora Endurance
gptkbp:significance	Famous for survival story
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:British_Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
gptkbp:startDate	1914
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Frank_Hurley
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6