The wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance has been found 107 years after it became trapped in sea ice and sank off the coast of Antarctica.

Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust said the wooden ship, which had not been seen since it went down in the Weddell Sea in 1915, was found at a depth of 9,868 feet (3,008 metres).

Remarkable footage of the wreck shows it has been astonishingly preserved, with the ship's wheel still intact and the name 'Endurance' still perfectly visible on the ship's stern.

The Endurance22 Expedition had set off from Cape Town, South Africa in February this year, a month after the 100th anniversary of Sir Ernest's death on a mission to locate it.

Endurance was found approximately four miles south of the position originally recorded by the ship's captain Frank Worsley, but within the search area defined by the expedition team before its departure from Cape Town.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10593291/Shackletons-lost-ship-Endurance-107-years-sinking.html

Na wao...

The Endurance22 Expedition had set off from Cape Town, South Africa in February this year, a month after the 100th anniversary of Sir Ernest's death on a mission to locate it.

So all those years passed, "una no look for the ship na now day break"

Back in 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew set out to achieve the first land crossing of Antarctica, but Endurance did not reach land and became trapped in dense pack ice, forcing the 28 men on board to eventually abandon ship.


File photo of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew.

Endurance was found in the Weddell Sea approximately four miles south of the position originally recorded by Captain Worsley.

Photos of Endurance trapped in Ice

Lost ship of 100 plus years oyibo no dey calm down when they pull out Endurance it will become a treasure and people will pay to see it , truly this is Endurance it has Endured

Aiming to land at Vahsel Bay, the vessel became stuck in pack ice on the Weddell Sea on January 18, 1915 where she and her crew would remain for many months.

In late October, however, a drop in temperature from 42°F to -14°F saw the ice pack begin to steadily crush the Endurance which finally sank on November 21, 1915.

Pictured: British sailor and explorer Frank Wild assessed the wreckage of the Endurance, crushed by tightening pack ice.

20 members of the blighted expedition, seen here during mid-1916, after the loss of the Endurance

The endurance wreck, tomb raider 2013

Obviously, the Ship can Endure.

The ship was found approximately four miles south of the position originally recorded by Captain Worsley.

Pictured is the the South African polar research and logistics vessel, S.A. Agulhas II.

One of the SAAB Sabertooth autonomous submersibles used by the Endurance22 expedition to search for the wreck of Shackleton's ship.

The expedition team.

Photo issued by Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust of (left to right) John Shears, expedition leader; Mensun Bound, director of exploration; Nico Vincent, expedition sub-sea manager; J.C. Caillens, off-shore manager, holding the first scan of the Endurance wreckage alongside photos from Frank Hurley, the Australian adventurer and official photographer on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

This is the kind of Expedition I'd love to partake in.

Interesting

Just as the First World War was breaking out in August 1914, the Endurance's crew set out from London with the lofty ambition of becoming the first to cross the Antarctic continent.

Carrying an expedition crew of 28 men, 69 dogs and one cat, the 144-foot-long Endurance was a three-masted schooner barque sturdily built for operations in polar waters.

Aiming to land at Antarctica's Vahsel Bay, the vessel instead became stuck in pack ice on the Weddell Sea on January 18, 1915 where she and her crew would remain for many months.

In late October, however, a drop in temperature from 42°F to -14°F saw the ice pack begin to steadily crush the Endurance.

Sadly, Shackleton decided that the mission sled dogs and the tomcat, called Mrs Chippy, that were also on board would not survive the rest of their journey, and had them shot on October 29.

Endurance never reached land and became trapped in the dense pack ice and the 28 men on board eventually had no choice but to abandon ship.

Endurance finally sank on November 21, 1915.

The crew of the Endurance used ropes and ice mounts to guide them back to their ship in darkness and blizzards.

The members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition play an impromptu game of football on the ice. The Endurance can be seen in the background.

Members of an expedition team led by Irish explorer Shackleton pull one of their lifeboats across the snow in the Antarctic, following the loss of the 'Endurance' in 1916.

Pictured: Dogs leaving the 'Endurance'

Shackleton himself watches from the deck of the ship.

Before abandoning ship, crew tried to dig out and free endurance from the Ice.

Captured photos and of Endurance displayed in the control room on board of S.A.Agulhas II during the expedition.

Hmmm

Nice thread

Been a while


Lemme hang here

Get the rum from it first

The name really fit the ship, it endured for so many years

Foolish pipu.

They have found nothing if they have not found Jesus.

Aaronsrod:
Foolish pipu.

They have found nothing if they have not found Jesus.

And you've found Jesus? Yet you referred to them as foolish. What does that make of you?

Nice job Putin

Imagine 3008m deep... God is wonderful
Explorer on the beat again

wow

This is interesting

Wow!