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The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration |
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Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, its purpose was to achieve the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent |
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The expedition failed entirely to accomplish this aim, but it remains memorable as an epic of heroism and survival |
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