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Wrecks, worms and wood: a scientific legacy of Shackleton’s Endurance

“I have been thinking much of our prospects,” Ernest Shackleton wrote in the austral spring of 1915, adrift in the Weddell Sea pack ice. Much of the same thinking crossed my mind in February 2018, when I awoke my cabin mate Thomas on the UK research ship James Clark Ross…

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Who is Ernest Shackleton? True story of Endurance expedition as wreck found in Antarctica

The wreck of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance ship has been found. Shackleton's expedition has been retold as an incredible tale of survival for over 100 years, but his lost ship had never been found - until now

Daily Mirror

Ernest Shackleton's Endurance found on Antarctica seabed solving 107 year mystery

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

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Who was Ernest Shackleton? Scientists celebrate as legendary polar explorer's lost ship is found

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

Wales Online

The brave Glasgow moggy who served as ship's cat aboard Endurance before it sank

Endurance was crushed by sea-ice over 100 years ago, left to sink into the waters of the Antarctic - though the crew, both human and feline - are remembered today.

Glasgow Live

Irish pubs: The bar that connects Kerry to Antarctica thanks to a Crean and Shackleton connection

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

Irish Mirror

Endurance: Who was Ernest Shackleton, what is the history of the ship and why is the discovery so important?

Scientists have found one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks after it sank in the Antarctic 107 years ago, in what has been labelled the “world’s most challenging shipwreck search”.

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Antarctic explorer Shackleton's ship found after a century

Scientists say they have found the sunken wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, more than a century after it was lost to the Antarctic ice

The Independent UK

Ernest Shackleton's lost ship Endurance found 107 years after sinking off Antarctica

This is one of history's most famous shipwrecks.

Axios

Endurance: Stunning underwater footage of Shackleton’s lost ship as it was discovered at bottom of the ocean

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

The Independent UK

Endurance mystery solved as Ernest Shackleton's ship FOUND in freezing Antarctica waters

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

Daily Record

Mystery of Kildare man Ernest Shackleton's lost ship Endurance solved after 100 years as wreck found

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

Irish Mirror

Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance found 107 years after it sank in Antarctic

Expedition director hails find of largely intact vessel as ‘milestone in polar history’

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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance is FOUND off coast of Antarctica

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

The Independent UK

Endurance found: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship has been discovered 107 years after it sank

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.

Daily Mirror

Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance FOUND off Antarctica coast after more than 100 years

Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, not seen since it was crushed by sea ice and sunk off the coast of Antarctica, has been found intact and is 'by far the finest wooden shipwreck'

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Archive belonging to Endurance expedition's captain goes up for sale with new details

Frank Worsley commanded the Endurance during the explorer’s voyage when the crew became stranded for 18 months in freezing conditions

The Guardian - UK

How Ernest Shackleton’s icy adventure was frozen in time

An exhibition of vivid photographs and a restored documentary give fresh insight into the Antarctic explorer, who died a century ago

Irish Mirror

Locating Ernest Shackleton's lost ship during expedition would be 'groundbreaking' says historian

An imminent expedition aims to find, survey and film the wreck of Endurance, which sank during the Kildare man’s quest to Antarctica in 1915

The Independent UK

Locating Shackleton’s lost ship during expedition would be ‘groundbreaking’

The Endurance22 Expedition aims to find, survey and film the wreck of Endurance, which sank during Sir Ernest’s quest to Antarctica in 1915.

The Guardian - UK

South review – startling filmed record of Shackleton’s gruelling Antarctic odyssey

Frank Hurley’s 1919 silent footage turns Sir Ernest Shackleton’s gruelling expedition into a travelogue with cute penguins

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Failure proved to be a success for Antarctic explorer who braved frostbite and shipwrecks

“Shackleton: The Biography” by Ranulph Fiennes; Pegasus Books (452 pages, $32)

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Antarctica: Facts about the southernmost continent

Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and driest continent. Because so little moisture falls as rain or snow, Antarctica is classified as a desert.

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