The ‘Endurance’ ship has been found off the coast of Antarctica. The lost vessel belonged to Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and was crushed by sea-ice and sank to the ocean floor more than a century ago. More here:
LONDON, March 9 - The wreckage of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship "Endurance", which was crushed by Antarctic ice and sank some 10,000 feet to the ocean floor more than a century ago, has been found, a team searching for it said on Wednesday.The three-masted sailing ship was lost in November 1915 during Shackleton's failed attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica.
The expedition - led by British polar explorer John Shears, operated from the South African ice-breaking ship Agulhas II and also researching the impact of climate change - found the "Endurance" four miles from the position recorded by Worsley. They trekked across the sea ice, living off seals and penguins, before setting sail in three lifeboats and reaching the uninhabited Elephant Island.
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