Thanks stockpirate.
Posted on 03/09/2022 1:01:01 AM PST by Winniesboy
This story was my first IMAX theater movie about 20 years ago..
pinging for one of several different articles about the discovery of Shackleton’s ship Endurance.
Thanks stockpirate.
Thanks. It would be remarkable if the Endurance could be recovered.
It won’t be, partly because there’s no current technology which could do it from that depth and under the ice, but more importantly because “the wreck itself is a designated monument under the international Antarctic Treaty and must not be disturbed in any way. No physical artefacts have therefore been brought to the surface.”
Thanks for the photos ... they’re amazing.
Yep....it was great to remind myself of the book i read about this happening. Riveting story! Amazing photos by Hurly who thy took with him.
The sad part of the story is that while everybody on the crew survived, many were later killed in WWI.
It a truly amazing story....I often re-read portions of the books because it was so riveting.
he photos are so clear they almost put you there with them.
I toured a submarine in Pittsburgh that was in the war that took my father’s life ....it was amazing how touching the dials and cots etc. Seeing the kitchen and various signs....was like being in his era.
I didn’t know that. But oh can you imagine sitting with these men as they told about this venture!
Frank Hurley was an incredible photographer, with a long career after this expedition. Because of their dire circumstances he had to be very selective in terms of which photos they carried off in the lifeboats. They were important because they’d borrowed to fund the expedition with the hope of making the money back via talks, books and pictures after their return. Because the planned expedition had been truncated the decreased material was a problem. Amazingly they not only saved these B&W stills, they also saved some short movies including some surprisingly early color movies. They’re gorgeous too.
10,000 feet deep?
Wonderful story of the sub - there is nothing like being there in person to experience it and take you back.
I couldn’t believe how the story drew me in. Spell bounding!
I guess that’s too deep to dive, huh?! :) Okay.. maybe some of those Florida shipwrecks....
Dang, now I want to see those color movies. It’s amazing to think you can see things like that, or pre-earthquake SF, etc.
Technically nothing is too deep to dive since James Cameron took a specially designed diving suit—essentially a one man sub—to the bottom of Challegpnger Deep, 36k feet down. The problem with the Endurance site is that you need to support that suit from the surface from decent thru dwell on wreck time and then through ascent and recovery. That much time in conditions safe to have a ship be there, much less support a diver, is rare and unpredictable. Ideally such a dive should be launched from a support vessel which is already submerged deeper than any ice there.
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