Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)

found: Brasch, N. Ice trap, c2011:p. 7 etc. (Shackleton hoped to lead a crew across the Antarctic continent; the Endurance set off from Plymouth, England Aug. 8, 1914 on what was known as the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition)

found: Scott Polar Research Institute web site June 21, 2013:Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-1916 (plan was to use two ships to land sledge parties at either side of the Antarctic with the aim of meeting atop the Beardmore Glacier; Shackleton was to lead the Endurance from the Weddell Sea; the second ship, the Aurora, was to head to the Ross Sea; The Weddell Sea party left Britain Aug. 8, 1914; rescue of the Weddell Sea Party, trapped on Elephant Island, accomplished Aug. 30, 1916; the Aurora left New Zealand with Shackleton on board to rescue the Ross Sea Party and reached McMurdo Sound Jan. 10, 1917; rescue of the Ross Sea Party completed Feb. 9, 1917, when the rescue ship arrived in New Zealand, bringing all the remaining members of the expedition to safety)

found: Wikipedia, 16 September 2016(The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917), also known as the Endurance Expedition, is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. After the conquest of the South Pole by Roald Amundsen in 1911, this crossing remained, in Shackleton's words, the "one great main object of Antarctic journeyings." The expedition failed to accomplish this objective, but became recognised instead as an epic feat of endurance.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition