Endurance ship

Photograph of the bow and part of the left side of Endurance, lit by flashlight in the darkness of the night.This is probably Hurley’s best-known photograph, which he took with flashlights at -38 °F/-39 °C. It was later used on the front cover of Shackleton’s account of the expedition, South. Hurley described the scene in his autobiography: Never did the ship look quite so beautiful as when the bright moonlight etched her in inky silhouette, or transformed her into a vessel from fairy-land.

archaeology on Instagram: "In 2022 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 thou

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If you have never read the story of Earnest Shackletons journey to the south pole, you must read this, it's amazing. this is by far the most amazing survival story ever.

Ernest Henry Shackleton planned to cross the Antarctic by foot between 1915 and 1917 and planned to reach his starting point on board ship Endurance before it became trapped by ice.

It's 100 years since the great Antarctic explorer set out on his last voyage to the White Continent.

1915 stuck in the ice

Ernest Henry Shackleton planned to cross the Antarctic by foot between 1915 and 1917 and planned to reach his starting point on board ship Endurance before it became trapped by ice.

Throughout the years people have found some rather historic and famous shipwrecks, whether they were discovered by the general public or by