Shackleton's Endurance expedition 1914–1917

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Shackleton's_Endurance_expedition_1914–1917
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
gptkbp:category gptkb:Heroic_Age_of_Antarctic_Exploration
gptkbp:crew 28
gptkbp:crewSurvived true
gptkbp:endDate 1917
gptkbp:fateOfEndurance Sank in Weddell Sea
gptkbp:goal First land crossing of the Antarctic continent
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shackleton's Endurance expedition 1914–1917
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Ernest_Shackleton
gptkbp:legacy Famous for leadership and survival
gptkbp:location gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Shackleton_Cross,_South_Georgia
gptkbp:notableEvent Endurance trapped and crushed by pack ice
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Charles_Green
gptkb:Ernest_Shackleton
gptkb:Tom_Crean
gptkb:Alexander_Macklin
gptkb:Alfred_Cheetham
gptkb:Frank_Wild
gptkb:Frank_Worsley
gptkb:Harry_McNish
gptkb:James_McIlroy
gptkb:Leonard_Hussey
gptkb:Percy_Blackborow
gptkb:Reginald_James
gptkb:Timothy_McCarthy
gptkb:John_Vincent
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:South:_The_Story_of_Shackleton's_Last_Expedition,_1914–1917
gptkbp:recoveryShip gptkb:Yelcho
gptkbp:rescuedBy gptkb:Luis_Pardo
August 1916
gptkbp:rescueMission gptkb:James_Caird_voyage_to_South_Georgia
gptkbp:Ross_Sea_party gptkb:Aurora
gptkbp:Ross_Sea_partyMission Lay supply depots for crossing party
gptkbp:route Weddell Sea to Ross Sea
gptkbp:shipUsed gptkb:Aurora
Endurance
gptkbp:startDate 1914
gptkbp:survivalStory Crew survived on ice floes and Elephant Island
gptkbp:wreckDiscovered 2022
gptkbp:wreckLocation gptkb:Weddell_Sea
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Heroic_Age_of_Antarctic_Exploration
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7