![]() Endurance immobilized in pack ice, as captured by crew photographer Frank Hurley in 1915 “We have made polar history with the discovery of Endurance, and successfully completed the world’s most challenging shipwreck search,” says expedition leader John Shears in a statement. ![]() It rests 9,842 feet below the surface of the Weddell Sea, a pocket of the Southern Ocean east of the Antarctic Peninsula, reports Lilit Marcus for CNN. Scientists used submersibles to capture images and video of the shipwreck, which is protected as a historic site and will remain undisturbed, Henry Fountain reports for the New York Times. ![]() Carried out by the Endurance22 Expedition and announced this week by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust, the exciting discovery puts an end to a century-old maritime mystery. ![]() A team of researchers has discovered the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance vessel on the Antarctic sea floor. ![]()
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