These images were then stitched together to create a digital reconstruction of the ship.
According to crew journals, the flare was fired by Frank Hurley, the expeditions photographer.
And then in the diary, he talks about putting it down on the deck.
And there we are.
We come back over 100 years later, and there’s that flare gun, incredible.
However, the digital replica offers a new way to study it in detail.
Just as the crew left her.
Discover more about this incredible expedition and explore the 3D scan of Endurance on theFalklands Maritime Heritage Trust website.
you might also stream the newEndurancedocumentaryonHuluandDisney+.
The Endurance sank 3,000 meters into the icy depths off Antarctica on November 21, 1915.
