Expedition Endurance

The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917 is considered to be 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.

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Which happened first?

• Expedition Endurance began 4 years after Japanese Antarctic Expedition
• Expedition Endurance began 4 years after Amundsen's South Pole expedition
• Expedition Endurance began 4 years after Terra Nova Expedition
• Expedition Endurance began 7 years before Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
• Expedition Endurance began 7 years after British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909)

Timeline

1. British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909)August 1907 – March 1909
2. Amundsen's South Pole expeditionJune 3, 1910 – January 30, 1912
3. Japanese Antarctic ExpeditionDecember 1, 1910 – June 20, 1912
4. Terra Nova ExpeditionJune 1, 1910 – June 14, 1913
5. Expedition Endurance (this page)August 8, 1914 – January 1917
6. Shackleton–Rowett Expedition1921–1922

Related

• Lewis and Clark ExpeditionMay 14, 1804 – September 23, 1806
• Discovery Expedition (1901-1904)1901–1904
• Franklin's lost expeditionMay 19, 1845 – 1848
• Belgian Antarctic ExpeditionAugust 16, 1897 – November 5, 1899
• Southern Cross ExpeditionAugust 22, 1898 – April 1, 1900
• Nansen's Fram expedition (1893–1896)1893–1896
• S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897July 1897 – October 1897
• Gauss expeditionAugust 11, 1901 – 1903