The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1916)

On the 8th August 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his 28-man team set sail from Plymouth. Their mission: to be the first men to cross Antarctica by land. The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was among the last of the “Heroic Age” adventures – a twenty-five year period of intense and rivalry between the world’s most respectedContinue reading “The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1916)”