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Wreckage of Shackleton’s Last Ship Found

A team from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society just found the wreckage of the Quest, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s last ship, in 1,280 feet of water off the coast of Labrador. “Finding Quest is one of the final chapters in the extraordinary story of Sir Ernest Shackleton,” said John Geiger, head of the Society. One of the best, and bravest, seamen of all time, Shackleton is celebrated for saving his 27-man crew after their boat, the Endurance, was trapped in ice and sank in the Weddell Sea during an expedition to Antarctica in 1916. The crew at first lived on the…

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Shackleton’s Endurance Found in Antarctic

Here’s a terrific and extremely thorough story from the BBC about how a team of British researchers found the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, a 144-foot, three-masted wooden ship that was trapped in the ice in Antarctica and sank in 1915, stranding Shackleton and his 27-man crew. Here’s the complete story, with pictures, video and a map: 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…