Hugh Osborne FRPSL The expedition 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. Sir Ernest Shackleton, his Weddell Sea party and crew arrived on 5 November 1914 aboard Endurance (built at Framnæs shipyard … Continue reading British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917