How Shackleton’s Endurance Endured for 107 Years on the Bottom of the Weddell Sea

The Endurance22 Expedition announced yesterday that they have discovered the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton‘s ship Endurance, which was crushed by pack ice off Antarctica in 1915.  The ship was in remarkably good condition. How is it that the ship is so … Continue reading

Shipworms, Whale Bones and Shackleton’s Endurance

The press recently has been full of headlines about Ernest Shackleton‘s ill-fated ship, Endurance.  The Christian Science Monitor asks, “What happened to Shackleton’s sunken ship?”  Radio New Zealand answers the question with “Shackleton’s ship could still be in good condition.”  … Continue reading