On Aug. 1, 1914, the day that Germany declared war on Russia, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition set sail on the Endurance from London’s East India docks. Leading the voyage was Ernest ...

The crew cut the Endurance out of the ice during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17, February 1915. Endurance never reached land and got trapped in dense ice.

1. “Endurance” chronicles Ernest Shackleton’s failed imperial trans-Antarctic expedition, the first attempt to traverse the Antarctic continent. The expedition, launched in 1914, was cut ...

1. “Endurance” chronicles Ernest Shackleton’s failed imperial trans-Antarctic expedition, the first attempt to traverse the ...

The expedition launched in 1914 and was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent, following Amundsen's successful conquest of the South Pole in 1911.

Explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, gathering funds for his proposed Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914, sketched this route map on a menu card to explain his plans to a prospective donor.

But the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition met an untimely end when the ship became trapped by ice 720 nautical miles from the earth’s most southerly point. Shackleton and his crew became ...

Who would answer such an ad, which Shackleton placed in a London newspaper seeking recruits for his 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition? The 28 men at left, that's who.

More than a hundred years after Ernest Shackleton’s famous Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition, a new exhibition showcases some of the most iconic and rare images ever taken of the most ...

The British Film Institute (BFI) has restored footage taken during Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition, including the poignant moment the ship's mast collapses as Endurance ...

British explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew set out on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914. Shackleton planned to sail to Antarctica’s Vahsel Bay before leading a journey across ...