Photo (Frank Hurley) of the launching of the original lifeboat, "The James Caird", built in 1914, that was part of Ernest Shackleton's, "Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition" (1914–17), also known as the Endurance Expedition .. the voyage aboard the Caird, here being launched from Elephant Island, is considered one of the greatest small-boat journeys of all time, and is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration..