107 years after sinking, Shackleton's lost ship Endurance has been found.

I wonder if they would try to raise it? Unsure if it would work and not just break. Maybe we should just leave it be?
 
Says in the article that it is a protected site so nothing will be coming up. Incredibly cool to see a moment in the past preserved so well.
 
Its in incredible nick, superbly preserved, cant see them raising or even trying to raise it though. Would be too risky to raise it from a depth of 3kms
 
I have read numerous books about this - and have a framed poster of Endurance caught in sea ice shelf on my wall - looking at it now :)
Incredible.

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I don't know anything about it but going by the pictures I'd have assumed the ship was older than that, did they choose a tall ship to save on carrying fuel?
 
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Heard this on the wireless this morning and saw the video on the BBC site, it's absolutely incredible and amazing how well preserved it is. It'll never get raised (and shouldn't be disturbed at all) due to it being a designated monument under the international Antarctic Treaty.

I hope they've got a lot more footage to release, would love to see more.
 
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An amazing find, but I have to wonder what Ernest Shackleton would say about the state of the UK these days and the fragile sensibilities of its young? Proper bloke, well worth reading his biography.
 
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At first I thought they were going on about that other ship HMS Endeavour, that was recently talked about, but I don't think anymore came from that.

But yeah this is a great find and when you think about it 107years is not that long ago, a lifetime for some, and look how the world has changed now.
 
They had enough trouble bringing the Mary Rose up from 40ft, 10,000 would be completely impossible. It’s only the temperature and pressure that’s kept it so well preserved. Any rapid changes in that would turn it into matchsticks
 
Dan Snow History Hit podcast has a good episode on it. He's been on the boat for the search. Worth a listen if you are interested.
 
As my best friend always says, when things here are going very wrong, and sweat is beading on my forehead, and curses are falling from my lips, "Shut the whatsit up and think of what Shackleton endured". It has often put a much needed perspective on my interpretation of what having a hard time is all about ;) I think that in terms of leadership and human endurance that Shackleton chap is up there in the top five.
 
Neat.

When I went to Stockholm a few years ago to visit a friend they have the world's only (I think) preserved 17th century warship that spent 300 years underwater, largely kept intact by having sank whilst still in the sheltered harbor area and by the salinity of the water. Parts of it have been rebuilt (done obviously so you can see what is new and what is old) to make it complete but the scale of the thing is mad when you walk around it. Truly imposing... too imposing in reality as it was too top-heavy and strong winds on it's maiden voyage made it keel over, flood and sink.

Worth a trip to the Vasa Museum if you're ever in the city.

 
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