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

Yaayuh! said:
Hopefully they'll leave it down there. It's become home to many species now, be shame to ruin it.
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It's not getting touched apparently.

The wreck itself is a designated monument under the international Antarctic Treaty and must not be disturbed in any way. No physical artefacts have therefore been brought to the surface
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Sexy Fact #2,536
My wife is a blood relative of Shackleton and around five years ago she said to our daughters "I bet you're jealous that you haven't got a famous blood relative like me" :)
We've never let her forget it.
 
ThundyCat said:
Shame really, I'm fairly sure no crew died as the ship sunk. Would be amazing to see it in the flesh on display. :)
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All of the crew made it home by some miracle! Not sure if the ships cat made it!

I think it’s best left where it is there are much better uses of the money it would cost to raise it although I would be in favour of bringing up the ships bell or similar.
 
This is a pretty incredible discovery! I surprised how well it has kept. As they won’t lift it to the surface I wonder what else they will do with it. There must be some interesting research opportunities.
 
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