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Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, lost since 1915, is found off Antarctica : NPR

March 9, 20223:13 PM ET, by Laurel Wamsley Twitter

In 1915, the ship Endurance became trapped in ice during Ernest Shackleton’s failed expedition to cross Antarctica.
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An expedition that set out in search of the lost ship of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton has found it — 106 years after the vessel sank off Antarctica.

The wooden ship Endurance has been located remarkably intact about 10,000 feet underwater in the Weddell Sea.

The Endurance was located by an expedition this week, 106 years after it sank into the Weddell Sea.
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The find is “a milestone in polar history,” said Mensun Bound, a maritime archaeologist and the director of exploration on the expedition, called Endurance22.

Source: Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, lost since 1915, is found off Antarctica : NPR