Endurance ship

Over a century after the Endurance sank in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica, the lost ship of Anglo Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton was found.

Capt. Frank Worsley marked down the coordinates where it sank. After they were stuck in the ice for 10 months, the 28 men on board were forced to eventually abandon ship. They escaped in lifeboats and on foot. “It just doesn’t get any better,” he said. It’s probably just below zero,” he said. “It’s beautiful,” he said.

Off the coast of Antarctica, deep underwater, researchers have discovered the British ship called “Endurance," the vessel that launched one of the most ...

After about two weeks of searching in very difficult conditions, they found the wreck, the word Endurance, as fitting a name as ever, still clearly visibly on her stern. What makes this story so legendary is the extraordinary journey that Shackleton and his men then had to do over unmapped mountains, and across hundreds of miles of open ocean in small lifeboats to get out. Shackleton and his men were stranded, forced to live on the drifting ice with their ship for nearly 10 months, their heroic expedition plans ruined. But the Endurance got stuck off the coast, trapped by the massive halo of sea ice that grows around Antarctica every year. She hasn't been seen in over 100 years. William Brangham:

Scientists say they have found the sunken wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, more than a century after it was lost to the Antarctic ...

The expedition to find Endurance comes a century after Shackleton’s death in 1922. That successful trip is considered a heroic feat of fortitude, and Shackleton's decisive response to imminent tragedy is still held up today as a model of how to lead in difficult circumstances. Researchers filmed the wreck, but nothing was recovered or disturbed. “This is by far the finest wooden shipwreck I have ever seen,” said Mensun Bound, the director of the exploration. The discovery is “a titantic find” in “one of the world's most challenging environments," said maritime historian Steven Schwankert, who was not involved in the expedition. Bound noted the wreck is still upright, clear of the seabed "and in a brilliant state of preservation.”

A team has found the wreck of explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, more than 100 years after the vessel was crushed by ice and sank.

The funding was provided by an anonymous donor. The Endurance sank in 1915, after it was trapped in dense pack ice. This is a milestone in polar history,” he added.

In 1915, the Endurance was stuck in sea ice for months before it was crushed and sank. Explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew escaped on foot and in small ...

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107 years ago, Endurance, the ship of legendary Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton went down in the Weddell Sea. On the 100th anniversary of the captain's ...

The ship lies in waters under the International Treaty of Antarctica, and therefore must not be disturbed. At that moment, you really do feel the breath of the great man upon the back of your neck.” Historian Dan Snow was working with the explorers and described that when Endurance was found the presence of excitement aboard was palpable. At 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) below the ice-bound sea, Endurance was described as “looking like a ghost ship,” where it sat beyond the reach of any sunlight. It is upright, well proud of the seabed, intact, and in a brilliant state of preservation. Bound was joined by Dr. John Shear, and together they set out with their colleagues and crew aboard S.A. Agulhas II a South African icebreaker ship to find the wreck.