{"id":7068,"date":"2022-03-09T16:40:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T15:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=113395"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:56:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T15:56:21","slug":"in-pictures-shackletons-ship-hms-endurance-found-over-a-century-after-it-sank","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/in-pictures-shackletons-ship-hms-endurance-found-over-a-century-after-it-sank\/","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Shackleton\u2019s ship HMS Endurance found over a century after it sank"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By James Cutmore\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 09 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Over a hundred years after it sank, explorer\u00a0Ernest Shackleton\u2019s ship the\u00a0HMS Endurance<\/em> has been located and imaged by a specialist team of researchers.<\/p>\n

The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust confirmed that the Endurance22 Expedition has located the wreck of the ship, which has not been seen since it was crushed by the ice and sank in the Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean in 1915.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Endurance<\/em> was found at a depth of 3,008m in the Weddell Sea, approximately 6km south of the position\u00a0originally recorded by\u00a0Captain Worsley, who served as the captain of Endurance on its last voyage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Endurance22 team were aided by the South African polar research and logistics vessel, SA\u00a0Agulhas II<\/em>, owned by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment and under Master, Capt. Knowledge Bengu. The team used Saab\u2019s Sabertooth hybrid underwater search vehicles to explore and document the wreck.<\/p>\n

Shackleton\u2019s original mission was to achieve the first land crossing of Antarctica, from the Weddell Sea via the South Pole to the Ross Sea.\u00a0However, the mission ran into problems due to poor weather, and the ship never made it to dry land\u00a0and the 28-strong crew were\u00a0<\/span>eventually forced to abandon ship. After a gruelling rescue mission, all members of the crew were rescued, but the ship was not seen again, until now.<\/p>\n

The wreck is protected as a Historic Site and Monument under the Antarctic Treaty, ensuring that whilst the remains are being surveyed and filmed, they will not be touched or disturbed in any way.<\/p>\n

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