Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's Ship, Is Found in Antarctica

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ernest-shackletons-ship-endurance-lost-in-1915-is-found-in-antarctica/ar-AAUOYoW?li=BBnb7Kz

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Photos of what the ship looks like now:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ernest-shackletons-famous-ship-endurance-finally-found-after-107-years-%e2%80%93-heres-what-it-looks-like-now/ss-AAUPvip?li=BBnbfcL#image=1

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[Ozzy]

I heard about this expedition at the end of last year. Historian Dan Snow is on board.

Apparently the ship is in quite good shape. No wood eating fish in that part of the seas. It was 3km down.

I read about the find earlier on the BBC's web site. It has a couple of videos as well. It seems it was found on Saturday, the 5th.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60662541

[Ms Diddles]

Yeah, I woke up to this news this morning.

Exciting stuff!

I haven't had time to read the details yet, but will look forward to doing so this evening.

It looks incredibly well preserved (prasarved?).

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A Shackleton story:

Beyond these basic provisions, Shackleton ordered that each man only bring a maximum of two pounds of personal possessions.

Shackleton moved to set the example for his men. He took his Bible and ripped out the flyleaf upon which the Queen had inscribed: “May the Lord help you to do your duty & guide you through all the dangers of the land and sea. May you see the Works of the Lord & all His Wonders in the deep.” Then he tore out the 23^rd Psalm, as well as a page from Job he considered “wonderful”:

Out of whose womb came the ice?
And the hoary frost of Heaven, who hath gendered it?
The waters are hid as with a stone,
And the face of the deep is frozen. (Job 38:29-30)

Shackleton placed the torn pages inside his jacket and laid the Bible in the snow. He then reached into his pocket and withdrew a gold watch, gold cigarette case, and a handful of gold sovereigns. He gave the items one last look before tossing them into the snow as well.

It was a dramatic gesture, but Shackleton was determined to impress upon his men the absolute necessity of each man stripping himself of every ounce of superfluous weight. “No article has any value when measured against our survival,” Shackleton intoned. “Everything is replaceable except your lives.”

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