who is this person who owned the expedition ship?
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition of 1914–1917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. 
our small boat sailed along the rocky coast UNANSWERABLE when did james caird go on a voyage? 1914 what was the reason of this trip? To obtain rescue for the main body of the stranded Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. on what did he take this journey? In a 22.5' lifeboat. who accompanied him? His 27 companions. what was the above mentioned expedition about? The voyage of the "James Caird" was a journey of from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands through the Southern Ocean to South Georgia, undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions to obtain rescue for the main body of the stranded Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917. what was the expense incurred on the imperial expedition? Total value of £17,200 - Of  which he bought £14,000 (current value £), a 300-ton barquentine called "Polaris" and £3,200 (current value £), he acquired Douglas Mawson's expedition ship.
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition [SEP] Introduction
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition of 1914–1917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. After Amundsen's South Pole expedition in 1911, this crossing remained, in Shackleton's words, the "one great main object of Antarctic journeyings". The expedition failed to accomplish this objective, but became recognized instead as an epic feat of endurance. Shackleton had served in the Antarctic on the "Discovery" expedition of 1901–1904, and had led the "Nimrod" expedition of 1907–1909. In this new venture he proposed to sail to the Weddell Sea and to land a shore party near Vahsel Bay, in preparation for a transcontinental march via the South Pole to the Ross Sea.