Endurance — New Documentary Reveals Shackleton’s Ship as Never Seen Before

A new National Geographic documentary “Endurance,” will premiere at the London Film Festival on Saturday before being released in UK cinemas from Monday and on Disney+ later in the year. The documentary includes a 3D digital scan of Sir Ernest … Continue reading

Update: Shackleton’s Ship Endurance Given Extra Protection

In March of 2022, we posted about the discovery of the remarkably intact remains of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, which was crushed by pack ice and sank off Antarctica in 1915. Using undersea drones, the shipwreck was located 10,000 … Continue reading

How Shackleton’s Endurance Endured for 107 Years on the Bottom of the Weddell Sea

The Endurance22 Expedition announced yesterday that they have discovered the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton‘s ship Endurance, which was crushed by pack ice off Antarctica in 1915.  The ship was in remarkably good condition. How is it that the ship is so … Continue reading

Update: Shackleton’s Lost Ship Endurance Located After 107 Years

The Endurance22 Expedition announced today that they have discovered the remarkably intact remains of Sir Ernest Shackleton‘s ship Endurance, which was crushed by pack ice off Antarctica in 1915.  A team of marine archeologists, adventurers, and technicians on the icebreaking … Continue reading

Endurance22 Expedition, Search for Shackleton’s Lost Ship Beneath the Ice, Gets Underway

In early January, we posted about two memorial Antarctic expeditions on the 100th anniversary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s death. One of the expeditions, Endurance22, organized by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust, hopes to locate, survey, and film the wreck of … Continue reading

On 100th Anniversary of Shackleton’s Death, Two Memorial Expeditions in His Honor

Sir Ernest Shackleton died 100 years ago yesterday, on January 5, 1922, of a heart attack on South Georgia on an expedition to map the still uncharted coastal regions of Antarctica. He was only 47 when he died. Now, two … Continue reading

Seeking Shackleton’s Endurance Beneath the Larsen C Ice Shelf

Last April, we posted about a planned expedition to the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea on the icebreaking polar-supply and research-vessel SA Agulhas II. The Weddell Sea Expedition 2019 is now underway, and scientists have spent the past two weeks investigating the Larsen C … Continue reading