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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