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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1914

Ernest Henry Shackleton8 August 1914

Plymouth · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Endurance sails from Plymouth as Shackleton begins the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Names involved

Ernest Henry Shackleton

Provenance

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