Posted on 03/09/2022 4:36:45 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda
Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic
Scientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank.
The Endurance, the lost vessel of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, was found at the weekend at the bottom of the Weddell Sea.
The ship was crushed by sea-ice and sank in 1915, forcing Shackleton and his men to make an astonishing escape on foot and in small boats.
Video of the remains show Endurance to be in remarkable condition.
Even though it has been sitting in 3km (10,000ft) of water for over a century, it looks just like it did on the November day it went down.
Its timbers, although disrupted, are still very much together, and the name - Endurance - is clearly visible on the stern.
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OMG look how well preserved that is! Thanks for the pik!
I agree. One of the most amazing stories of survival and leadership ever known.
Their journey, across 800 miles of arctic winter ocean in a small semi-covered boat, with only three navigational fixes along the way (everything else dead reckoned) is I think the greatest navigational feat of all time.
And then, after actually hitting land, to have to march over the glaciers.
Astonishing.
I saw it at the Peabody-Essex Museum a few years back.
Just amazing.
And they didn’t have Gore-Tex foul weather gear and down jackets. Wool.
Not many stray hungry critters in that cold water.
This is so cool.
But it’s not very shocking that it’s in good condition, so deep and sooooo cold.
Thanks for posting
No oxygen at 10,000 feet down, so no decomposition.
Tremendous discovery!
Wonderful...
I just watched “Against the Ice” on Netflix. Definitely worth the time if you have Netflix still.
Thank you for posting. This is epically amazing.
That book gave me chills.
One of the best reads ever.
Those men were MEN.
Amazon Prime has a fantastic documentary called “Shackleton’s Captain”.
If u don’t want to read the book, I encourage those to watch it.
It is a great story.
Wow. So fascinating that it’s so preserved.
Dunno, FRiend, there’s an AWFUL LOT of emperor penguins down thataway in the winter.
I agree. One of the most amazing stories of survival and leadership ever known.
Their journey, across 800 miles of arctic winter ocean in a small semi-covered boat, with only three navigational fixes along the way (everything else dead reckoned) is I think the greatest navigational feat of all time.
And then, after actually hitting land, to have to march over the glaciers.
Astonishing.
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Nothing short of miraculous. God was with them.
A fantastic true story.
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