The wreck of the HMS Endurance ship, which famously sank after being trapped in pack ice in Antarctica's Weddell Sea in 1915, was discovered by an expedition this month.
The wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary Endurance ship was discovered this month.The Endurance was in excellent condition despite having been underwater for almost a century, photos show.
Many presumed that it would have been destroyed or seriously degraded after 107 years on the seafloor. The expedition used the historic coordinates alongside advanced technology to scan a 150-square mile zone for signs of the missing vessel, according toTechnicians ran undersea drones in that zone for two weeks, day and night, to scan the seafloor with sonar for the Endurance, The Times reported.
The expedition set out in 1914 to make the first land crossing of Antarctica but had to abandon the mission when the Endurance became trapped in pack ice in January 1915.