Thanks to some remarkable navigation fromįrank Worsley, the group made landfall on southern South Georgia on 10 May After 9 d onĮlephant Island, Shackleton and five crew sailed the James Caird lifeboat to South Georgia to summon help. To and making landfall on Elephant Island on 15 April 1916. Following the break-up of the floe on which they wereĬamping, the crew launched Endurance's three lifeboats on 9 April, sailing Thus, Patience Camp was established just a week later, someġ2 km from Ocean Camp, where the crew remained until early April 1916 Shackleton initiated a second march in late December 1915 but was againįoiled by the ice conditions. After drifting with the sea ice for 10 months, and 25 d after being abandoned by the crew, Endurance finally sank during the late afternoon of 21 November 1915. Ocean Camp, where they would await an improvement in conditions. There, approximately 2.5–3 km from the wreck, they established Short distance from the stricken Endurance by the challenging iceĬonditions. Peninsula in search of supplies and shelter, the crew was halted just a Then, having attempted to march westward toward the islands of the Antarctic After drifting aboard the beset Endurance, having planned to wait until it broke free, Shackleton ordered the vessel abandoned in late October of 1915 due to severe damage inflicted by the crushing sea ice (Shackleton, 1920). Shackleton's vessel, Endurance, becoming beset in the sea ice of the Weddell Sea on 18 January 1915, enroute to the continental landing site. Southeast Weddell Sea and marching to the eastern part of the Ross Sea via The Expedition intended to cross the Antarctic continent, landing from the The story of Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Imperial Trans-AntarcticĮxpedition has captivated historians and the public for more than 100 years. Despite numerous sources of uncertainty, these results show the potential for such methods in marine archaeology.ġ.1 The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition A likely scenario yields a simulated sinking location some 3.5 km from the position at which the wreck finally was found, with a trajectory describing an excursion to the southeast and an anticlockwise turn to the northwest prior to sinking. Reconstructions are sensitive to choices of wind factor and turning angle, but allow an envelope of possible scenarios to be developed. In this paper, we describe the use of meteorological reanalysis data to reconstruct the likely ice drift trajectory of Endurance for the period between Worsley's final two fixes, at some point along which the vessel sank. On 5 March 2022, the Endurance22 expedition located the wreck some 9.4 km southeast of Worsley's estimated sinking position. These were based largely on navigational fixes taken by Captain Frank Worsley, the navigator of the Endurance, 3 d prior to and 1 d after the sinking of Endurance. Over many years, various predictions were made about the location of the wreck. Endurance then drifted in the pack for 11 months, was crushed by the ice, and sank on 21 November 1915. However, Shackleton and his crew never reached land because the vessel became beset in the sea ice of the Weddell Sea in January 1915. Explore photos of the Endurance, which was preserved for more than a century in the frigid, clear waters of the Weddell Sea.On 5 December 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew set sail from South Georgia aboard the wooden barquentine vessel Endurance, beginning the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition to cross the Antarctic continent. The discovery of Endurance and photos from the wreck bring to life one of history’s most epic survival stories-and conclude a long-standing mystery over the ship's demise. After abandoning the ship, Shackleton and his crew endured for 21 months in brutally cold conditions with dwindling food supplies. Instead, just before reaching landfall, the Endurance became trapped in the vast expanse of Antarctic sea ice. Shackleton and his crew set out for Antarctica on December 5, 1914, aiming to achieve the first land crossing of the continent. The resulting images are remarkably clear-and provide an eerie window into the past. Once the ship was located, the drone was equipped with cameras to document the find. The Endurance22 team deployed a battery-powered submersible to the Weddell Sea floor, where it scanned for the wreck using sonar.
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