Imperial Trans-Antarctic Centenary Expedition 2014

1. IMPERIAL TRANS-ANTARCTIC CENTENARY
EXPEDITION 2014
Alan Ward – Expedition Manager
alan@south20124.com

2. ITACE 2014 – THE AIMS
• To carry out the “Unfinished Business” of Sir Ernest
Shackleton and his men in 1914.
• In honour of Sir Ernest’s incredible leadership, Team ITACE
propose to retrace the steps taken 100 years previously to
cross the Antarctic continent. We wish to celebrate the
challenge of Antarctic exploration, the achievements, the
innovations and the sacrifices – all to educate and inspire
others in the same way that Shackleton inspires us.
• The expedition will commence at the start of the Austral
Summer, approximately Oct/Nov 2014. The purpose of the
expedition is to make the crossing as Shackleton intended;
he viewed it as the last great polar journey after Amundsen
and Scott conquered the South Pole in 1911 and 1912.

3. ITACE 2014 – THE MISSION
• Attempt a safe and successful crossing of the Antarctic
continent from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea via the
South Pole in 2014.
• To carry out scientific research which may aid the
endeavours of human kind in the future.
• To celebrate the achievements of polar explorers
throughout history
• Promote leadership skills within education and businesses
• To inspire, inform and motivate the younger generation

4. ITACE 2014
• Pioneering a new route across the Antarctic Peninsula
• 1,700 miles
• 85 days
• Skiing + Kite-skiing
• Celebration of 100 years in Antarctica
• Completing Shackleton’s intended 1914 route

5. SHACKLETON
• In 1914 Shackleton set out to cross the Antarctic Continent from the
Weddell sea to the Ross Sea, via the South pole.
• The key objective of ITACE 2014 is to complete Shackelton’s
unfinished expedition.
• ITACE 2014 includes Scientific, Medical and Educational
programmes with a 2 year pre-crossing and 5 year post-crossing
outreach programme for public benefit

6. ABOUT US
• Expedition Leader: Jo Davies – Oceanographer
• Expedition Manager: Alan Ward – International Mountain Leader
• Expedition Doctor: Alex Kumar – Polar Doctor
• Expedition Assistant Leader: Zac Poulton – Mountain Instructor
• Expedition Member: Ro Sharmer – Banker (ex. Military)
• Expedition Member: Stewart Stirling – Policeman (ex. Military)
• Expedition Member: Ian Prickett – Builder (in the Antarctic)
• Reserve Memer: Abi Evans – Businesswoman (in Adventure Tourism)
• Reserve Member: Robbie Britton – Unemployed (Arctic logistics advisor)

7. 1914

8. Shackleton’s intended route in
2014

9. Endurance departed from South
Georgia for the Weddell Sea on 5
December, heading for Vahsel Bay.
As the ship moved southward, early
ice was encountered, which slowed
progress. Deep in the Weddell Sea
conditions gradually grew worse
until, on 19 January 1915,
Endurance became frozen fast in an
ice flow. On 24 February, realising
that she would be trapped until the
following spring, Shackleton
ordered the abandonment of ship's
routine and her conversion to a
winter station. She drifted slowly
northward with the ice through the
following months. When spring
arrived in September the breaking
of the ice and its later movements
put extreme pressures on the ship's
hull.

10. Realizing that there was no chance of rescue, Shackleton
decided to sail to South Georgia where he knew there was
1914 a whaling station. In one of the most incredible feats in the
history of sailing and navigation, Shackleton sailed with five
other men on an 800-mile (1,287 km) voyage in the open
lifeboat James Caird on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916,
arriving at South Georgia almost two weeks later.
The crew of the Endurance, escaping across the ice and final rescue on
Elephant Island on August 30th, 1916

11. James Caird: The voyage of the James Caird
was an open boat journey from Elephant
Island in the South Shetland Islands to South
Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean, a
distance of 800 nautical miles (1,500 km;
920 mi). Undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton
and five companions, its objective was to
obtain rescue for the main body of the
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–
17, trapped on Elephant Island after the loss
of its ship Endurance. History has come to
consider the James Caird's voyage as one of
the greatest small-boat journeys ever
accomplished.
SS Yelcho (350hp): She was loaned by the
Government of Chile in August 1916 to assist
with an attempt by the explorer Shackleton to
reach his men on Elephant Island in Antartica.
He needed her as three attempts to rescue
them had already failed due to bad weather
and adverse ice conditions. She was totally
unsuited for the job in hand, having no radio,
no proper heating system, no electric lighting
and no double hull.

12. SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON, CVO, OBE, FRGS
(15 FEBRUARY 1874 – 5 JANUARY 1922)

14. 2014

16. ITACE 2014 – THE ROUTE

17. ITACE 2014

18. TEAM ITACE 2014
Jo Davies
Oceanographer
Alan Ward Home Support
IML Team
Alex Kumar Zac Poulton Stu Stirling Ro Sharmer Ian Prickett
Polar Doctor MIC Policeman Banker Polar Builder
Abi Evans Robbie Britton
Businesswoman Unemployed

19. KEY OBJECTIVES
SCIENCE
ITACE
2014
EDUCATION MEDICINE

22. TITLE PARTNER
• Your name will be incorporated into the name of the expedition ensuring everyone knows that
you are the ones adventurous enough to Proceed on this journey.
• Branded Presence
• Staff involvement
• Advertising Opportunities using the team for your campaign
• Column Inches
• TV exposure – we are currently working on media deals with TV production companies
• Social media exposure – we are already a big presence on Twitter and Facebook
• Inspiration and Motivational training for you employees – we will work with you on a
programme to help inspire and motivate your employees – teach them leadership lessons from
the greatest leader and team building opportunities with our team.
• Your chance to help fill a gap in the education of young people about the great explorers of our
time and how they have influenced our culture and society.

23. TRAINING PARTNER
As a training partner your involvement is hugely significant – without you we
cannot train and therefore the whole journey will not be possible. The benefits you
will gain from become a training partner are as follows:
• Branded presence
• Staff involvement
• Unique training opportunity for one of your employees to join us for training
• Connecting with the next generation by taking part in our National and
International Educational Outreach Programme
• Column Inches – media exposure in the press and television
• TV exposure – we are currently working on media deals with TV companies
• Social media exposure – we are already a big presence on Twitter and Facebook
and have a regularly updated blog on our Website

24. ANY QUESTIONS?
Alan Ward – Expedition Manager alan@south20124.com
www.south2014.com www.proceedsouth.com