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Experience the epic survival adventure of ernest shackleton's imperial trans-antarctic expedition brought life with photos from the journey as well as modern color photography of the fauna seascapes and landscapes in 1914 the polar explorer ernest shackleton announced an ambitious plan read more lead the imperial trans-antarctic expedition the first trek across antarctica from the atlantic the pacific via the pole shackleton's third expedition would prove frought with adventure and peril the remarkable tale of that ill-fated expedition as told in shackleton's own words and illustrated here with the photography of expedition photographer frank hurley as well as modern color imagery of the fauna and stunning vistas the men encountered their story begins on the eve of world war i when the ship endurance departed from england with shackleton and his team of six men the plan was travel 1 800 miles across the icy continent from the atlantic side while a second team aboard the ship aurora wou...