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Chronicling America is a searchable digital collection of historic newspaper pages through 1963 sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
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Also, see the Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries, a searchable index to newspapers published in the United States since 1690, which helps researchers identify what titles exist for a specific place and time, and how to access them.
Antarctica, a final frontier, is a continent that is unforgiving to all. Sir Ernest Shackleton, however, never believed it to be unworthy of making an attempt at discovery. This British explorer is credited for his own brave expedition, called the Imperial Trans-Antarctica Expedition. Read more about it!
The information in this guide focuses on primary source materials found in the digitized historic newspapers from the digital collection Chronicling America.
The timeline below highlights important dates related to this topic and a section of this guide provides some suggested search strategies for further research in the collection.
| March 26, 1910 | Sir Ernest Shackleton declared he would beat America to the South Pole. |
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| December 29, 1913 | The expedition is officially announced for 1914. |
| June - August 1914 | Shackleton’s crew prepares for the expedition’s departure in August, and receives a royal inspection from the Queen. |
| November 30, 1914 | Due to the severity of the ice, Shackleton says a search must not be until March 1916. |
| March - June 1916 | Conflicting reports were released of Shackleton’s return. |
| June - November 1916 | Shackleton makes successful attempts of rescuing the crew. |
