"I suppose with your invention gone, the whole expedition is off?"

It was the ship that gave its name to the whole expedition.

On the whole expedition, he was never far away from the others.

That would leave the whole expedition vulnerable in a way it had not been before.

Well then the whole expedition has been a spectacular failure.

The whole expedition had to be approved, organized, and supplied first.

"I think it's time we put an end to this whole stupid expedition, don't you?"

"In fact, it seemed to me he organized the whole expedition just for you."

Not only that this whole expedition was your idea and your doing.

Without him the whole expedition would have been a disaster.