== Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914–17 ===== Preparations ===Shackleton published details of his new expedition, grandly titled the "Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition", early in 1914.
Dosežki odprave obsegajo prvenstveni vzpon na Mount Erebus, delujoči ognjenik na Rossovem otoku, pristop na južni magnetni tečaj, ki so ga 16. januarja 1909 opravili Douglas Mawson, David in MacKay, ter odkritje prehoda čez ledenik Beardmore.