Difficult (Failed) Journeys:

1.) Ernest Shackleton's Antarctis Expedition (1914-1916): Failed expedition with the objective to be the first to cross the Antarctic continent on foot.
Links:
Nova: Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance
Antarctic Connection: The Endurance

2.) Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills in Australia (1860-1861): The fatal attempt to cross the Australian continent; exposed to many dangers, especially shortage of water and food.
Links:
Terra Incognita

3.) The Donner Party (1846-1847): 90 emigrants on their way to California get trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Nov. 1846 with insufficient food supplies. Cannibalism occured.
Links:
Chronology
PBS Special: The Donner Party
The Donner Party by Daniel Lewis
The Donner Party by Daniel M. Rosen

Snippets:
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CD: Freddie Hubbard: Hub-Tones: superb!
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Painter: Sidney Nolan, Australia
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