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.
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Shackleton now had the money to proceed. He acquired, for £14,000 (current value £), a 300-ton barquentine called "Polaris", which had been built for the Belgian explorer Adrien de Gerlache for an expedition to Spitsbergen. This scheme had collapsed and the ship became available. Shackleton changed her name to , reflecting his family motto "By endurance we conquer". For a further £3,200 (current value £), he acquired Douglas Mawson's expedition ship , which was lying in Hobart, Tasmania. This would act as the Ross Sea party's vessel.
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.
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition [SEP] Finances
Shackleton now had the money to proceed. He acquired, for £14,000 (current value £), a 300-ton barquentine called "Polaris", which had been built for the Belgian explorer Adrien de Gerlache for an expedition to Spitsbergen. This scheme had collapsed and the ship became available. Shackleton changed her name to , reflecting his family motto "By endurance we conquer". For a further £3,200 (current value £), he acquired Douglas Mawson's expedition ship , which was lying in Hobart, Tasmania. This would act as the Ross Sea party's vessel.