The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition" id="mwsg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition">Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition</a> began in an attempt to make the first land crossing of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica" id="mwsw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>.<sup about="#mwt87" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_5#cite_note-16" id="mwtA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwtQ">[16]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"><cite about="#mwt84" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFAlexander1998">Alexander, C. (1998). <i id="mwB9c">The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition</i>. New York: <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Knopf" id="mwB9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Knopf">Knopf</a>. pp.<span id="mwB9k" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>12 15. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwB9o" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwB9s" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780375404030" id="mwB9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780375404030"><bdi id="mwB90">9780375404030</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt84" class="Z3988" id="mwB94" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Endurance%3A+Shackleton%27s+Legendary+Antarctic+Expedition&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pages=12+15&amp;rft.pub=Knopf&amp;rft.date=1998&amp;rft.isbn=9780375404030&amp;rft.aulast=Alexander&amp;rft.aufirst=C.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+5"></span></span>