Endurance shipwreck threatened by global heating, says marine archaeologist

The wreck of Endurance, which was found in March 2022 at a depth of 3,008 metres in the Weddell Sea. Photograph: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/National Georgraphic/PA

As a marine archaeologist, Mensun Bound headed the 2022 Antarctic expedition that discovered the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, more than a century after the legendary ship became trapped in ice and sank.

Now he is warning that its protection cannot be guaranteed due to the combined threats of global heating and underwater robotic technology that could enable thefts from the historic site.