Wreck of Shackleton Endurance Ship Lost Since 1915 is found off Coast of Antarctica Breaking News

Wreck of Shackleton Endurance Ship Lost Since 1915 is found off Coast of Antarctica Breaking News

For more than a century, the location of Endurance—the ship which carried Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew on a doomed expedition to Antarctica before becoming trapped in the ice and ultimately sinking beneath it—had been a mystery.

That changed on March 9, 2022, with the announcement that the expedition team Endurance22 had discovered the famous wreck some 10,000 feet deep on the bottom of the Weddell Sea.

“We have made polar history with the discovery of Endurance, and successfully completed the world’s most challenging shipwreck search,” said John Shears, the leader of the search expedition.

The Endurance22 team deployed a battery-powered submersible to the Weddell Sea floor, where it scanned for the wreck using sonar. Once the ship was located, the drone was equipped with cameras to document the find. The resulting images are remarkably clear—and provide an eerie window into the past.

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