Posted on 03/08/2022 11:36:31 PM PST by ameribbean expat
Ernest Shackleton’s lost ice ship, Endurance, has been discovered in the waters of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea. Endurance was crushed and sunk by pack ice in 1915, during Shackleton’s failed attempt to cross the Antarctic continent, and remained lost to the depths for more than a century.
Now, the wreck has been found, filmed and surveyed by members of the Endurance22 expedition, which set out in search of the shipwreck in February 2022. After weeks of surveying the seabed, the shipwreck was located in early March 2022, 100 years after Shackleton died in 1922.
(Excerpt) Read more at historyhit.com ...
Just.......wow.
They must be hungry and cold by now.
It is a great one.
he should’ve believed the whalers.
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Looks like I'll be giving this one a miss.
PING
bttt
Amazing men, Shackleton and his Captain, Frank Worsley. Worsley’s final recorded position for her was only off 7.5 km. Pretty darn good considering overcast conditions prevented accurate sightings. Once he and Shackleton had rescued everyone he returned to England and joined the Navy. Where he rammed and sunk a U-boat. Done with the Kaiser he and Shackleton joined the fight against Bolshevicks in northern Russia and was again decorated. Years later he was aiding Swedish volunteers to Finland during the winter war. Then back against Germany again. Serving with the Red Cross in France then lying about his (too old) age he joined the merchant marine. Until the lie was caught and he was finally retired. Lung cancer got him soon thereafter. Their stories show hope remains even when all seems impossible. Much needed reminders in these bleak days.
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Totally amazing!! I watched a reenactment done on the anniversary of the sailing to South Georgia not too long ago. It was a DVD named “Shackleton,” but with today’s maritime regulations in force.
It was a riveting film! I then bought a book, but I’m sure that won’t be the end of my fascination with the man and his voyage by lifeboat. More books, more DVDs...
Infact, this article now has me all fired up again! Thanks, SC. You’ve just contributed to an addict. ;o]
My pleasure!
Of course you’d say that... ;o]
Worsley may have been even closer. I read recently that somebody’s discovered that the (lunar?) navigation tables Worsley was using had some inaccuracies, which would have put him out by single-figure km. I don’t know whether the position actually found corresponds with this. (Worsley’s greatest achievement, of course, was navigating the open boat across the Southern Ocean to South Georgia).
Having in the interim been beaten to the pole goal, his third trip intended the only possible goal to top it: crossing the continent overland via the pole. That goal was finally achieved in 1958, using then modern machinery to fulfill the outline of Shackleton's plan. Sir Vivian Fuchs taking on the Shackleton role and Sir Edmund Hillary the role of Shackleton's Aurora expedition laying down stores for the Ross sea final leg. BTW any Shackleton fan, who hasn't already, should track down and read the story of the Aurora expedition. It wasn't quite as dramatic as the Weddel Sea side, but was still impressively difficult and in spite of best efforts did have some deaths.
Thank you for those tidbits!
Now, of course, I’ll have to do more reading.... Good thing I like books!
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It’s on YouTube. Remarkable condition.
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