Expedition begins impossible Antarctic search for Shackleton’s Endurance shipwreck

It is one of the most unreachable shipwrecks in the world.

The Endurance was lost on Ernest Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic in 1914 -17.

So far, all attempts to sight the ship on the seafloor have been unsuccessful.
It lies 3,000m deep, but that's not the biggest difficulty a new expedition to find the ship will face – the sea ice makes navigating the region very tricky.

We know with good accuracy where Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance vessel ended up after sinking more than 100 years ago. So far, however, all attempts to sight its wooden carcass on the Antarctic seafloor have been defeated.
Even in this age of satellites and metal icebreakers, locating the Endurance has represented an impossible task.

"Believe me, it's quite daunting," says Mensun Bound, the marine archaeologist who's about to set out on yet another search attempt.

Endurance22 expedition leader, Dr John Shears, says important lessons were learned and the new team goes back with a few tricks, which include the support of AUV and helicopters.