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Bibliography

Below are the sources consulted in the creation of this project, and recommended further reading.

A note on images: all images, unless otherwise stated, are sourced from WikiMedia Commons under public domain usage. Attribution is provided where applicable.

A note on diaries: I collected diaries from several online sources which are listed under Further Reading.

Sources

• Alexander, Caroline. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition. Revised, Knopf, 1998.
  A popular account of Shackleton's expedition that has some details not included in other sources.

• “Category:Endurance Expedition.” Wikimedia Commons, uploaded by Wikipedia Contributors, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Endurance_Expedition.
  This was the main source for most of this site's images.

• Hurley, James Francis. Diary. Edited by Shane Murphy.
  The diary of expedition photographer Frank Hurley from 1914–1916.

• James, Reginald William. Diary. Edited by Shane Murphy.
  The diary of expedition physicist Reginald James from 1916.

• Lansing, Alfred. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. 1959. Basic Books, 2015.
  The essential read for anyone interested in Endurance, and the first book I read about it.

• McNish, Harry. Diary. Edited by Shane Murphy.
  The diary of expedition carpenter Harry "Chippy" McNish from 1914–1916.

• Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans. Diary. Edited by Margot Morrell.
  The diary of expedition motor-expert and storekeeper Thomas Orde-Lees from 1914–1916.

• Shackleton, Ernest Henry. South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917. 1919. Voyageur Press, 2019.
  Shackleton's own account of the expedition. While Shackleton is remembered as an explorer and not a writer, this book still presents a fascinating first-hand account of the Weddell Sea Party and key details of the Ross Sea Party.

• Shackleton, Jonathan, and John MacKenna. Shackleton: An Irishman in Antarctica. Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2002.
  A detailed biography of Sir Ernest Shackleton. I highly recommend this for anyone looking to understand Shackleton's character better.

• University of Cambridge. “Shackleton Online.” Scott Polar Research Institute, spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/shackleton.
  I used this site for more detailed information about many of the individual crewmen.

• Wikipedia contributors. “Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 30 Aug. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition.
  This was not the only Wikipedia page used, but nearly all used pages are linked on this page (i.e. pages for Sir Ernest Shackleton, Endurance, etc.). While I used Wikipedia for easy information retrieval, all information was verified by my own research.

• Worsley, Frank Arthur. Diary. Edited by Shane Murphy.
  The diary and ship's log of Captain Frank Worsley from 1914–1916.

Further Reading

• “Endurance Journals.” Shackleton's Way, shackletonsway.com/endurancejournals.
  A source for some transcribed expedition journals. Also provides some material about Shackleton's leadership style.

• “Shackleton.” Shackleton, eshackleton.com.
  A blog sharing day-by-day excerpts from Shackleton's book South. This format was part of the inspiration for the Endurance Project. This site also contains a terrific and detailed list of further reading about both Shackleton and polar exploration.

• Shackleton, Ernest Henry. The Heart of the Antarctic. 1909. Legare Street Press, 2022. Shackleton's first book, providing an account of his Nimrod Expedition of 1907–1909.

• “Sir Ernest Shackleton.” Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, ernestshackleton.net.
  A site by the authors of Shackleton: An Irishman in Antarctica. It provides some exclusive resources directly from the Shackleton family, plus a list of great further reading.

• “Source Endurance.” Source Endurance, frankhurley.org.
  Shane Murphy has obtained and transcribed many different resources about the expedition, and generously shares the files with those that request it. This is how I accessed most of the diaries used as primary sources.

• Tyler-Lewis, Kelly. The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party. Penguin, 2007.
  A detailed account of the Ross Sea Party side of the expedition. I have not read the full book but I'd recommend it to anyone wanting to learn about the lesser-known half of Shackleton's plan.