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The wreck of Endurance was discovered on 5 March 2022, nearly 107 years after she sank, by the search team Endurance22. She lies 3,008 metres (9,869 ft; 1,645 fathoms) deep, and is in "a brilliant state of preservation". [1] The wreck is designated as a protected historic site and monument under the Antarctic Treaty System.
Legendary Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance sank more than a century ago and its wreck lay ... "No one's ever found a wooden shipwreck 3,000 metres down in one of the most ...
Livingston Island, Antarctica 1985 Aircraft: 10 Nelson Island plane crash [6] Nelson Island, Antarctica 1960 Fire (building) 8 Mirny Station fire [7] [8] [9] Mirny Station, Antarctica 1823 Shipwreck: 7 Jenny [10] Drake Passage, Southern Ocean Most likely a legend 1958 Aircraft: 7 Cape Hallett Bay plane crash [11] Cape Hallett Bay, Antarctica 6 ...
She was the first cruise ship to sink there, [3] after striking an iceberg on 23 November 2007. All passengers and crew were rescued. [4] The ship was commissioned and operated by the Swedish explorer Lars-Eric Lindblad. Its 1969 expeditionary cruise to Antarctica was the forerunner for today's sea-based tourism in that region.
The discovery could become "one of the top five underwater strikes of all time." Divers Found Cargo That Might Just Lead to a 'Mind-Blowing' Neolithic Shipwreck Skip to main content
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Mensun Bound (born 4 February 1953) is a British maritime archaeologist born in Stanley, Falkland Islands.He is best known as director of exploration for two expeditions to the Weddell Sea which led to the rediscovery of the Endurance, [1] in which Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
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