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Shackleton: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914–17 Preparations


 * Shackleton published details of his new expedition, grandly titled the "Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition", early in 1914.There is a legend that says Shackleton's newspaper article was written a certain way so that he could better narrow down and select candidates for his expedition Two ships would be employed; Endurance would carry the main party into the Weddell Sea, aiming for Vahsel Bay from where a team of six, led by Shackleton, would begin the crossing of the continent.

Lincoln Family and Childhood Early Life

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, as the second child of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, in a one-room log cabin on Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky.[7]:20–22 Abraham from a young age would help bring in materials such as wood and water while also helping with the garden. He was a descendant of Samuel Lincoln, an Englishman who migrated from Hingham, Norfolk, to its namesake Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1638.

Frederick Douglass

The exact date of his birth is unknown, however he was born early in 1818 and he later chose to celebrate his birthday on February 14.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

His father,who came from a line of doctors, lawyers, and clergy family members, was psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Bonhoeffer, noted for his criticism of Sigmund Freud, and his mother Paula Bonhoeffer, née von Hase, was a teacher and the granddaughter of Protestant theologian Karl von Hase and painter Stanislaus Kalckreuth.



Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson was born on May 27, 1907, on a family farm near Springdale, Pennsylvania, sixteen miles northeast of Pittsburgh, just up the Allegheny River from Pittsburgh.