Spectacular find in the AntarcticShackleton's "Endurance": the video from a depth of 3000 metres

Hauke Schmidt

 · 10.03.2022

Spectacular find in the Antarctic: Shackleton's "Endurance": the video from a depth of 3000 metresPhoto: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
The bow section of the "Endurance " at a depth of over 3000 metres under the ice
It is not only the discovery of the expedition ship that is sensational - as a video shows, the condition of the wreck, which is over 100 years old, is also extraordinary

The footage filmed by the diving robots shows the wreck of the "Endurance" at a depth of 3008 metres. Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition ship sank in October 1915 and has now been rediscovered by an international team of researchers.

Impressions of the "Endurance22" expedition
Photo: James Blake/Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust

The "Endurance" lies only four nautical miles from the last position determined by the captain on the bottom of the Weddell Sea:

Diving in icy depths. The wreck of the "Endurance" lies at the bottom of the Weddell Sea

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