Now, the wreck of his shipEndurancehas been found.
It’s an incredible discovery considering thatEndurancesank in 1915.
They located it 3,008 meters (9,868 feet) deep in the Weddell Sea.
Photo: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
It is upright, well proud of the seabed, intact, and in a brilliant state of preservation.
you’re free to even see Endurance' arced across the stern, directly below the taffrail.
The expedition had the aim to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent.
Ernest Shackleton (Photo:National Library of Norway, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Eventually, the ship was crushed and sank.
This left Shackleton and his 27-man crew no option but to make camp on the ice.
From there, Shackleton was able to arrange a rescue of the remaining crew left behind on Elephant Island.
Photo: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
It’s an incredible story that will be brought to new light as the team records the wreckage.
The wreckage of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s shipEndurancewas discovered after 107 years.
During a 1915 expedition, the ship became surrounded by ice in the Weddell Sea.
Photo: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
Endurance trying to break through ice in the Weddell Sea in 1915.
Endurance sinking in 1915.
Expedition photographer Frank Hurley and Shackleton camping on ice.
Endurance trying to break through ice in the Weddell Sea in 1915. (Photo:Frank Hurley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Launching the lifeboat James Caird from Elephant Island in 1916.
Endurance sinking in 1915. (Photo:Royal Geographic Society, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Expedition photographer Frank Hurley and Shackleton camping on ice. (Photo:Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Launching the lifeboat “James Caird” from Elephant Island in 1916. (Photo:Probably Frank Hurley, the expedition’s photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
