One of the most famous boats in polar exploration was just rediscovered—107 years after sinking.
“We are overwhelmed by our good fortune in having located and captured images of Endurance,” Mensun Bound, director of exploration for the Endurance22 mission, said in a statement. “This is by far the finest wooden shipwreck I have ever seen. It is upright, well proud of the seabed, intact, and in a brilliant state of preservation.” The boat’s name is still affixed to the stern.The boat’s name, above its emblematic polestar, is still fixed to the stern.
Ernest Shackleton may not mean much to most modern seafarers, but a century ago, he was a household name for taking part in three British expeditions to the Antarctic, including being part of Robert Falcon Scott’s team in a race to the South Pole against Norwegian Roald Amundsen. The period was known as the “Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.”
What followed was a dramatic, stormy 800-mile Southern Ocean crossing to South Georgia by Shackleton and four men in a lifeboat, rowing most of the way. Shackleton and two others then crossed the mountainous island to the whaling station at Stromness. From there, Shackleton was able to organize a rescue of the men on Elephant Island and brought them home without loss of life.a role model for leadership in extreme circumstances.
“These important studies will materially help our understanding of this remote region and how it influences our changing climate,” said Dr. Lasse Rabenstein, Endurance22’s chief scientist.
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