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Expedition Endurance

Took place on August 8, 1914

112

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The 113th anniversary falls on August 8, 2027, in 288 days.

The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (abbreviated as ITAE) of 1914–1917 is considered to be 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.

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