The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

Superbly clear images of the shipwreck Endurance, 3,000 metres below the ocean’s surface in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, were this week broadcast around the world. Found by the Endurance 22 Expedition using a state-of-the-art autonomous underwater vehicle, we now have images almost as iconic as those taken of the stricken ship…

When the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance was found nearly 10,000 feet below the surface of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in March 2022, it was located just 4 miles from its last known position, as recorded by the Endurance’s captain and navigator, Frank Worsley, in November 1915.

Pack ice in the Weddell Sea forced Shackleton and co to abandon ship

Shackleton and his crew survived the loss of Endurance in 1915, and experts have puzzled over its exact whereabouts ever since

Renowned explorer Tom Crean was born in the Kerry village and went on the buy the South Pole Inn after his exploits in Antarctica

Ship is found more than 100 years after it sunk off the coast of Antarctica

The vessell had not been seen since it was crushed by sea ice and sunk more than 100 years ago.

The Irish explorer and his crew set out to achieve the first land crossing of Antarctica, but Endurance did not reach land and became trapped in dense pack ice, forcing the 28 men on board to eventually abandon ship

The ship had not been seen since it was crushed by ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915