Century Under Ice: Researchers unveil new details about the sunken ship "Endurance" in Antarctica.
Researchers from the Falkland Islands Maritime Heritage Trust have conducted an extensive 3D scan of the legendary ship "Endurance," which has been lying beneath the ice of Antarctica for over a century. The images will be featured in a new documentary set to premiere on November 1.
This was reported by LiveScience. It is noted that the 44-meter-long vessel has remarkably well-preserved due to the cold waters of the Weddell Sea.
The mast and part of the railings did not survive, but the upper deck remains almost untouched. Detailed photographs reveal plates scattered across the deck, an old boot among the rigging, and even a piece of linoleum with its original star-pattern design.
5 6 7 The "Endurance" sank in 1915 during Sir Ernest Shackleton's ambitious expedition, which aimed to be the first-ever crossing of Antarctica on foot. The ship set sail from South Georgia in August 1914 but never reached the shores of Antarctica as it was trapped in ice.
8 After 10 months of battling the ice, the vessel could no longer withstand the pressure and ultimately sank. 28 crew members found themselves in an extreme situation with limited supplies and a few lifeboats. They managed to reach the uninhabited Morvinova Island or Elephant Island, located 241 kilometers from the Antarctic Peninsula.
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0 1 Shackleton, along with five sailors, set out for help in a small boat, traversing 1,200 kilometers of stormy ocean to a whaling station in South Georgia. The rescue operation lasted four months but was ultimately successful – all crew members miraculously survived.
"This is not just the greatest survival story in human history; it is also a tale of how defeat can turn into triumph," remarked television presenter and executive producer of the documentary Dan Snow.
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