Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, lost since 1915, is found off Antarctica
An expedition went where few have ever gone to locate the remnants of a ship that become trapped in the ice 106 years ago, dashing the famed explorer's ambitious mission to cross Antarctica.
by Laurel Wamsley
Mar 09, 2022
2 minutes
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An expedition that set out in search of the lost ship of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton has found it â 106 years after the vessel sank off Antarctica.
The wooden ship Endurance has been located about 10,000 feet underwater in the Weddell Sea, remarkably intact.
The find is "a milestone in polar history," Mensun Bound, a maritime archaeologist and director of exploration on the
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