Shackelton's 'Endurance" is found

[oldbrownhat]

Endurance22 website announcement here

"The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust is pleased to confirm that the Endurance22 Expedition has located the wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship which has not been seen since it was crushed by the ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915.

One hundred years after Shackleton's death, Endurance was found at a depth of 3008 metres in the Weddell Sea, within the search area defined by the expedition team before its departure from Cape Town, and approximately four miles south of the position originally recorded by Captain Worsley..."​

 

[walkin jack]

Very interesting, thanks for posting that.

 

[NYlakesider]

Very good shape for being that long under water. Something to be said for cold deep water!

 

[Rudi]

That was some expedition. Brave, tough men.

 

[ColbyBruce]

The sign company that lettered this boat has bragging rights for sure.

 

[Rustyt1953]

That looks like the top of my head after chemo.

 

[steelslaver]

Shackleton and his crew boat's name fit those MEN. Amazing feat of endurance and survival.

 

[moosedog]

It is in relatively great condition for being under water for over 100 years, and the water is pretty clear.
Thanks for posting.

 

[Absalom]

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nVeufjlOxBw[/ame]

 

[Chuck24]

That's about 10,000 feet for the rest of us

 

[hittman77]

Almost 2 MILES down. Wow.

 

[Rubone]

It is a great tale, and Lansing's book is a must read.

 

[oldbrownhat]

You'd never guess his occupation and steely deierminedness from this "off floe" photo Small-town banker, perhaps?

 

[dmar]

Awesome discovery. Those were incredibly courageous and capable men. Amazing how much our culture has changed in just 100 years…

 

[Spajohn]

I read the book about 10 years ago during my stem cell treatment for cancer. Those guys had it a lot rougher than I did.

 

[Absalom]

This recalls the Franklin Expedition and finds from 2014 and 2016, much shallower but also much older:

The wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, also abandoned in the ice, but in the Arctic in 1848.

In contrast to Shackleton, who brought everybody out alive, Sir John Franklin didn't make it back, nor any of his men.

 

[LVSteve]

The Shackleton story has always left me shaking my head. To do what they did after the ship sank and not lose anybody is a feat of survival up there with Apollo 13.

 

[mtgianni]

I remember in one of his earlier expositions there was a civilian employee who refused to work hard, ate their food and had no intention of leaving. The leaders of the expedition were at wits end as their pleading and prodding came to no avail. They were just out of New Zealand and Shackleton heard about the problem. He told the man to get off in NZ. Guy said no so he hit him, knocking him to the floor. Then he picked him up and told him to get off in NZ. "No" so ES hits him again knocking him to the floor. Man got off in NZ.
He also had a day where he complained bitterly at one meal on the ice that his serving of penguin and blubber was less than the average.
A very human man I would have loved to spend an afternoon visiting with.

 

[oldbrownhat]

...He also had a day where he complained bitterly at one meal on the ice that his serving of penguin and blubber was less than the average.A very human man I would have loved to spend an afternoon visiting with.

Preferably down at Ye Olde Blubber and Penguin rather than stuck on the ice

 

[Deuce Caboose]

Harkens back to the days when the boats were made of wood, and the men were made of iron…