FOUND! Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance discovered by icebreaker off Antarctica
March 09, 2022
One of the world’s most storied shipwrecks, Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, has been discovered off the coast of Antarctica more than a century after its sinking, explorers announced on Wednesday. Endurance was discovered at a depth of 3 008 metres (9 869 feet) in the Weddell Sea, about four miles from where it was slowly crushed by pack ice in 1915. *“We are overwhelmed by our good fortune in having located and captured images of Endurance,”* said Mensun Bound, the expedition’s director of exploration. *ound at last, Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance. Photos: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust* On ...