What was the imperial transantarctic expedition?
The imperial transantarctic expedition, also known as the Endurance Expedition, is an Antarctic expedition that occurred in 1914-1917. It is generally considered to be the last major expedition of the heroic age of Antarctic survey, which is the era of Antarctic survey before WWI characterized by a lack of efficient mechanized transport and radio contact with the outside. The expedition failed in its destination to cross the Antarctic continent on the ground, but is still known for the heroic story of survival connected. After the conquest of the pole Roald Amundsen in 1911, Shackleton considered Antarctic to be crossing Antarctica as the last main milestone left, and for this purpose he set out in a sailing ship . The support group, the Ross Sea Party, should be responsible for laying the supply folders at the opposite end of the continent, so that the group survives the way from one side to the other.
after five months of travel, in February, shortly after reachingThe Weddell Sea in Antarctica, the perseverance of the endurance was imprisoned in the ice with a packaging and the imperial transantarctic expedition was temporarily suspended. Shackleton hoped to bring the ice boat to the shore, but after eight months of waiting through the Antarctic Winter, by October, the LED interference package crushed the ship like a shell. Until this time, the men have removed most of the stock and put Igloos on the ice. The expedition has now been destroyed and men turned their attention to survival. How did they get back to civilization?
Imperial Transantarctic Expeditionby officially abandoned after the destruction of perseverance . They decided to go to the nearby islands with well -known food compositions and pulled three lifeboats with them. The men tried to go on the ice with a package, but melted under the heat of the Antarctic summer and caused huge buckles on the ice up to a height of 10 ft (3 m). In two days of the march, the party did only two miles. Decided to set up another camp, "Ocean Camp" on the ice pack, and stillThey recover supplies from perseverance that was nearby until it finally slipped under the ice.
The worst thing was yet to come. Instead of hiking over the ice, the party had to wait for the ice duties to take them where they wanted to be. Ice Floe floated several islands, too far to get walking because progress could only be a mile a day. Antarctic summer has caused the LED to pack soft and melted, adjacent to it is impossible to walk. In April, the Ice Floe suddenly divided and the men were with the three lifeboats. They traveled to the island of Elephant, at the tip of the Graham country in North Antarctica. After a few days of combing the coast, a narrow rock beach was finally placed and the lifeboats landed.
30 men were imprisoned on a small, frozen rock island that someone rarely visited. To get home, they would have to convene help from South Georgia, a whale -distant 800 miles (1300 km) through the South Ocean. Five men set out in a reinforced lifeboat over the most duplicatedA more and more stormy sea on the planet. To shorten the long story, they almost died at the transition, but got to South Georgia - on the uninhabited side of the island. After a difficult 30 -hour hike across the harsh island, which has never been done before, they came to the Whale Base Stromness. From there they traveled to the Falkland Islands to get vessels to pick up the rest of the men from the island of Elephant. After three unsuccessful attempts, Shackleletonnakon was able to save his men and return home to London. Finally, the imperial transantarctic expedition was over that failed in its destination, but at least every man who participated in him survived suffering.