On another expedition, he planned to cross the continent from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea, but became stranded on Elephant Island, where he saved participants of the 1914-17 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition by travelling to South Georgia Island.
The election of Arthur Meighen scuttled this man's plans to explore the Beaufort Sea, so he used the HMS Quest and Rowett's funding for a failed expedition that ended in his death. The goal of one of his expeditions was only achieved forty years later after the success of the CTAE under Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs. He set the record for the last pre-triumph (*) Farthest South latitude during his 1907 Nimrod Expedition. On another expedition, he planned to cross the continent from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea, but became stranded on Elephant Island, where he saved participants of the 1914-17 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition by travelling to South Georgia Island. For 10 points, name this explorer who made a 1300 km open boat journey after his HMS Endurance became trapped in ice.
The election of Arthur Meighen scuttled this man's plans to explore the Beaufort Sea, so he used the HMS Quest and Rowett's funding for a failed expedition that ended in his death.
Ernest Henry Shackleton