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1917 in Science: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1917 in Paleontology, 1917 in Archaeology, Solar Eclipse of January 23, 1917

1917 in Science: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1917 in Paleontology, 1917 in Archaeology, Solar Eclipse of January 23, 1917


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 75. Chapters: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1917 in Paleontology, 1917 in Archaeology, Solar Eclipse of January 23, 1917, Solar Eclipse of June 19, 1917, Solar Eclipse of July 19, 1917, Solar Eclipse of December 14, 1917. Excerpt: The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (191417), 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 from sea to sea 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 of endurance. Shackleton had served in the Antarctic on Captain Scott's Discovery Expedition, 190104, and had led the British Antarctic Expedition, 190709. In this new expedition he proposed to sail to the Weddell Sea and to land a shore party near Vahsel Bay, in preparation for a transcontinental march through the South Pole to the Ross Sea. A supporting group, the Ross Sea party, would meanwhile travel to the opposite side of the continent, establish camp in McMurdo Sound, and from there lay a series of supply depots across the Ross Ice Shelf to the foot of the Beardmore Glacier. These depots would be essential for the transcontinental party's survival, as the party would not be able to carry enough provisions for the entire crossing. The expedition required two ships; Endurance under Shackleton for the Weddell Sea party, and Aurora, under Captain Aeneas Mackintosh, for the Ross Sea party. Endurance became beset in the ice of the Weddell Sea before reaching Vahsel Bay, and despite efforts to free her she drifted northward, held in ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157575535
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 76
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Weight: 154 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157575536
  • Publisher Date: 04 Jul 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1917 in Paleontology, 1917 in Archaeology, Solar Eclipse of January 23, 1917
  • Width: 189 mm


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