{"id":33250,"date":"2022-03-09T13:15:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T21:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offgridsurvival.com\/?p=33250"},"modified":"2022-03-09T13:22:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T21:22:30","slug":"ernest-shackletons-lost-ship-found-in-antarctica-after-107-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offgridsurvival.com\/ernest-shackletons-lost-ship-found-in-antarctica-after-107-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernest Shackleton\u2019s Lost Ship Found in Antarctica After 107 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One of the greatest survival stories ever recorded has got to be the story of Ernest Shackleton\u2019s Trans-Antarctic Expedition<\/a>, and the loss of his ship the Endurance when it was crushed in pack ice and sank in 1915.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we learned that 107 years after the ship was lost to the sea, a group of explorers finally found the wreck off the coast of Antarctica. Endurance, a 144-foot, three-masted wooden ship, was discovered almost 10,000 feet below the surface of the Weddell Sea during a mission to find the wreck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discovery of the wreck was announced Wednesday in a statement by the search expedition, Endurance22<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have made polar history with the discovery of Endurance, and successfully completed the world\u2019s most challenging shipwreck search,\u201d said John Shears, the expedition\u2019s leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Endurance was found at a depth of 3008 metres in the Weddell Sea, within the search area defined by the expedition team before its departure from Cape Town, and approximately four miles south of the position originally recorded by Captain Worsley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Lamont, Chairman of the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur objectives for Endurance22 were to locate, survey and film the wreck, but also to conduct important scientific research, and to run an exceptional outreach programme.  Today\u2019s celebrations are naturally tempered by world events, and everybody involved in Endurance22 keeps those affected by these continuing shocking events in their thoughts and prayers.<\/em><\/p>

\u201cThe spotlight falls today on Mensun Bound, the Director of Exploration, and Nico Vincent, Subsea Project Manager. Under the outstanding leadership of Dr John Shears, they have found Endurance. But this success has been the result of impressive cooperation among many people, both on board the remarkable S.A. Agulhas II with its outstanding Master and crew, a skilled and committed expedition team and many on whose support we have depended in the UK, South Africa, Germany, France, the United States and elsewhere. The Trustees extend to them all our warmest thanks and congratulations on this historic achievement.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mensun Bound, Director of Exploration on the expedition, said: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are overwhelmed by our good fortune in having located and captured images of Endurance.  This is by far the finest wooden shipwreck I have ever seen. It is upright, well proud of the seabed, intact, and in a brilliant state of preservation.  You can even see \u201cEndurance\u201d arced across the stern, directly below the taffrail.  This is a milestone in polar history.  However, it is not all about the past; we are bringing the story of Shackleton and Endurance to new audiences, and to the next generation, who will be entrusted with the essential safeguarding of our polar regions and our planet.  We hope our discovery will engage young people and inspire them with the pioneering spirit, courage and fortitude of those who sailed Endurance to Antarctica.  We pay tribute to the navigational skills of Captain Frank Worsley, the Captain of the Endurance, whose detailed records were invaluable in our quest to locate the wreck.  I would like to thank my colleagues of The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust for enabling this extraordinary expedition to take place, as well as Saab for their technology, and the whole team of dedicated experts who have been involved in this monumental discovery.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Behold! #ENDURANCE<\/a> The lost ship of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest #Shackleton<\/a> has been found on the floor of the Weddell Sea. After more than two weeks of searching, the @Endurance_22<\/a> project found the ship on Saturday. https:\/\/t.co\/klujpcPGeH<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/XH2XFwDmHw<\/a><\/p>— Jonathan Amos (@BBCAmos) March 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>