#sir ernest Shackleton

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Endurance in a new 3d scan by the Falkland Maritime Heritage Trust

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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance has been seen like never before in a detailed 3D scan.

The wreck of the explorer’s vessel was found 3,000 metres beneath the surface of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 2022, more than a century on from its sinking in 1915.

The Anglo-Irish explorer was leading an attempt to cross the ice-covered continent in 1915 when his ship sank after being crushed by pack ice.

Now a new digital scan made from 25,000 separate images of Endurance has captured it in remarkable detail.

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"The Trust's on-Ice Conservation team explain the challenges of working on the five historic huts the Trust cares for in Antarctica."

"The Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project conserves the explorer bases belonging to legendary explorers Carsten Borchgrevink at Cape Adare, Captain Robert Falcon Scott's two bases - 'Discovery' hut at Hut Point, and 'Terra Nova' hut at Cape Evans, Sir Ernest Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut at Cape Royds, and Sir Edmund Hillary's TAE/IGY hut at Pram Point."

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just chose peace and love (did not start a twitter fight about sir ernest shackleton)

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Say hi to Ernie! We found him outside and now he chases his tail around the house

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Endurance Shackleton's Incredible Journey (book review)

Title: Endurance Shackleton’s Incredible JourneyAuthor: Alfred LansingPublisher: Tyndale House Publishers, IncDate: 1959/1999Pages: 247 Endurance Shackleton’s Incredible Journey (book review) Alfred Lansing, the author, compiled the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s attempt at crossing the Antarctic continent beginning in August, 1914. Shackleton had gathered a crew to make a trip of a lifetime…

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Let’s Keep On Going

The latest article in With Your Favor by Hector Earle!

By Hector M. Earle  Photo by Encyclopedia Britannica The story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s early 20th-century expeditions to the Antarctic has gone down in history as some of the greatest feats of adventure, endurance, and determination that the world has ever known. Despite three grueling attempts to conquer that great frozen land, Shackleton never did reach his ultimate goal—to become the…

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12 June 2024

Wreck hunters have found the ship on which the famous polar explorer Ernest Shackleton made his final voyage.

The vessel, called "Quest," has been located on the seafloor off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

Shackleton suffered a fatal heart attack on board on 5 January 1922 while trying to reach the Antarctic.

And although Quest continued in service until it sank in 1962, the earlier link with the explorer gives it great historic significance.

The British-Irish adventurer is celebrated for his exploits in Antarctica at a time when very few people had visited the frozen wilderness.

"His final voyage kind of ended that Heroic Age of Exploration, of polar exploration, certainly in the south," said renowned shipwreck hunter David Mearns, who directed the successful search operation.

"Afterwards, it was what you would call the scientific age. In the pantheon of polar ships, Quest is definitely an icon," he told BBC News.

The remains of the ship, a 38m-long schooner-rigged steamship, were discovered at the bottom of the Labrador Sea on Sunday by a team led by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS).

Sonar equipment found it in 390m (1,280ft) of water. The wreck is sitting almost upright on a seafloor that has been scoured at some point in the past by the passing of icebergs.

The main mast is broken and hanging over the port side, but otherwise, the ship appears to be broadly intact.

Quest was being used by Norwegian sealers in its last days. Its sinking was caused by thick sea-ice, which pierced the hull and sent it to the deep.

The irony, of course, is this was the exact same damage inflicted on Shackleton's Endurance - the ship he used on his ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917.

Fortunately, the crews of both Endurance, in 1915, and Quest, in 1962, survived.

Indeed, many of the men who escaped the Endurance sinking signed up for Shackleton's last polar mission in 1921-1922, using Quest.

His original plan had been to explore the Arctic, north of Alaska, but when the Canadian government withdrew financial support, the expedition headed south in Quest to the Antarctic.

The new goal was to map Antarctic islands, collect specimens and look for places to install infrastructure, such as weather stations.

Shackleton never made it, however, struck down by heart failure in the Port of Grytviken on the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia, the last stop before reaching the White Continent. He was just 47 years old.

After his death, Quest was involved in other important expeditions, including the 1930-31 British Arctic Air Route Expedition led by British explorer Gino Watkins, who himself tragically died aged 25 while exploring Greenland.

Quest was also employed in Arctic rescues and served in the Royal Canadian Navy during WWII, before being turned over to the sealers.

The RCGS team members carried out extensive research to find Quest's last resting place.

Information was gathered from ship's logs, navigation records, photographs, and documents from the inquiry into her loss.

The calculated sinking location in the Labrador Sea was pretty much spot on, although the exact co-ordinates are being held back for the time being.

A second visit to the wreck, possibly later this year, will do a more complete investigation.

"Right now, we don't intend to touch the wreck. It actually lies in an already protected area for wildlife, so nobody should be touching it," associate search director Antoine Normandin said.

"But we do hope to go back and photograph it with a remotely operated vehicle, to really understand its state."

Alexandra Shackleton is the explorer's granddaughter and was patron to the RCGS survey.

"I was thrilled, really excited to hear the news; I have relief and happiness and a huge admiration for the members of the team," she told BBC News.

"For me, this represents the last discovery in the Shackleton story. It completes the circle."

The explorer continues to spark interest more than a century after his death.

Hundreds of people visit his grave on South Georgia every year to pay their respects to the man known by his crews simply as "The Boss."

"Shackleton will live forever as one of the greatest explorers of all time, not just because of what he achieved in exploration but for the way he did it, and the way he looked after his men," said David Mearns.

"His story is timeless and will be told again and again; and I'm just one of many disciples who'll keep telling it for as long as I can."

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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS FRSGS (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic.

He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

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South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands, UK

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this is MY idol

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Hommage a l’Explorateur Sir Ernest Shackleton Hermes Silk Scarf | Special Issue

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lino cut series, inspired by photos of the Trans - Antarctic expedition, lead by Sir Ernest Shackleton, photographed by Frank Hurley

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you’re in her DMs...i’m trapped in antarctic pack ice....we are not the same 

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Endurance frozen in the ice, 1914-1917. Frank Hurley Platinum print.

The Endurance was an exploration ship that became trapped in pack ice in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915. It was Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The ship was squeezed by the ice for ten months before being crushed, but the crew all survived.