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Hot poles: Antarctica, Arctic 70 and 50 degrees above normal

Parts of Antarctica Friday hit 70 degrees warmer than normal

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

Finding Shackleton's ship: why our fascination with Antarctica endures

The discovery of Ernest Shackleton’s ship the Endurance in pristine condition at the bottom of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea was one of the few good news stories this month.

The Conversation · Mar 18, 2022

Russian MP demands USA hands over Alaska and that Kremlin takes over Antarctica

Oleg Matveychev, a member of Russia's parliament, has demanded reparations from the US for sanctions the country has faced over its invasion of Ukraine, including the return of Alaska, over a century and a half after Russia sold it

Daily Mirror · Mar 16, 2022

How Ernest Shackleton's whisky was rediscovered nearly 100 years on under his Antarctic base camp

The intrepid explorer took the whisky with him to bolster his team's spirits on their quest to reach the South Pole.

Daily Record · Mar 10, 2022

Crew Successfully Completes ‘World’s Most Challenging Shipwreck Search’

Photos captured by the Antarctic expedition show incredible detail for a shipwreck over 100 years old.

Zenger · Mar 9, 2022

The Wreck Of The Endurance, Shackleton's 1915 Ice-Crushed Vessel, Found Off Antarctica

The remains of one of the world’s most famous shipwrecks, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s doomed Antarctic exploration vessel The Endurance, has been located 107 years after it went down.

Benzinga · Mar 9, 2022

Lost and found: the extraordinary story of Shackleton’s Endurance epic

Vessel located more than a century after it sank on voyage of exploration in the Antarctic

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2022

What happened to Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship the Endurance?

Polar explorer left stranded with 27 crew in wastes of Antarctica in 1915 after vessel trapped in pack ice

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

Wrecks, worms and wood: a scientific legacy of Shackleton’s Endurance

“I have been thinking much of our prospects,” Ernest Shackleton wrote in the austral spring of 1915, adrift in the Weddell Sea pack ice. Much of the same thinking crossed my mind in February 2018, when I awoke my cabin mate Thomas on the UK research ship James Clark Ross…

Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2022

Who is Ernest Shackleton? True story of Endurance expedition as wreck found in Antarctica

The wreck of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance ship has been found. Shackleton's expedition has been retold as an incredible tale of survival for over 100 years, but his lost ship had never been found - until now

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2022