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The wreck of Endurance is a bridge to a bygone age, and a reminder of Antarctica's uncertain future

Superbly clear images of the shipwreck Endurance, 3,000 metres below the ocean’s surface in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, were this week broadcast around the world. Found by the Endurance 22 Expedition using a state-of-the-art autonomous underwater vehicle, we now have images almost as iconic as those taken of the stricken ship…

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Endurance captain Frank Worsley, Shackleton's gifted navigator, knew how to stay the course

When the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance was found nearly 10,000 feet below the surface of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in March 2022, it was located just 4 miles from its last known position, as recorded by the Endurance’s captain and navigator, Frank Worsley, in November 1915.

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In the dark, freezing ocean under Antarctica's largest ice shelf, we discovered a thriving microbial jungle

Antarctica represents one of the last frontiers for discoveries on Earth. Our focus is on what lies beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica’s massive wedge of floating ice that shelters the southern-most extension of the Southern Ocean.

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What is Endurance22? Scientists rediscover the wreckage of Shackleton's lost ship, more than a century on

The Endurance22 expedition set off from Cape Town last month and successfully located the wreck of Shackleton's Endurance, exactly 100 years after he was buried

Wales Online

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

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

Ernest Shackleton's Endurance found on Antarctica seabed solving 107 year mystery

Pack ice in the Weddell Sea forced Shackleton and co to abandon ship

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Who was Ernest Shackleton? Scientists celebrate as legendary polar explorer's lost ship is found

Shackleton and his crew survived the loss of Endurance in 1915, and experts have puzzled over its exact whereabouts ever since

Wales Online

Irish pubs: The bar that connects Kerry to Antarctica thanks to a Crean and Shackleton connection

Renowned explorer Tom Crean was born in the Kerry village and went on the buy the South Pole Inn after his exploits in Antarctica

Irish Mirror

Endurance: Stunning underwater footage of Shackleton’s lost ship as it was discovered at bottom of the ocean

Ship is found more than 100 years after it sunk off the coast of Antarctica

The Independent UK

Endurance mystery solved as Ernest Shackleton's ship FOUND in freezing Antarctica waters

The vessell had not been seen since it was crushed by sea ice and sunk more than 100 years ago.

Daily Record

Mystery of Kildare man Ernest Shackleton's lost ship Endurance solved after 100 years as wreck found

The Irish explorer and his crew set out to achieve the first land crossing of Antarctica, but Endurance did not reach land and became trapped in dense pack ice, forcing the 28 men on board to eventually abandon ship

Irish Mirror

Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance is FOUND off coast of Antarctica

The ship had not been seen since it was crushed by ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915

Evening Standard

Shackleton’s lost ship Endurance found 107 years after sinking off Antarctica

The wooden ship had not been seen since it went down in the Weddell Sea in 1915.

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Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance FOUND off Antarctica coast after more than 100 years

Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, not seen since it was crushed by sea ice and sunk off the coast of Antarctica, has been found intact and is 'by far the finest wooden shipwreck'

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VIDEO: US Coast Guard Cutter Sets New Record For Southernmost Voyage In Antarctica

The Polar Star, commissioned in 1976, breaks its old record by reaching the Bay of Whales on Feb. 17.

Daily Record

Balloch and Shandon friends compete in 'brutal' Antarctic marathon

They are aiming to conquer marathons in all seven continents and have just one more to go.

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Seals Help Japanese Researchers Collect Data under Antarctic Ice

A seal wearing a helmet with an antenna might look unusual, but eight Weddell seals, each with a 580g monitoring device on their heads, have been helping Japanese researchers survey the waters under the thick ice sheet in Antarctica. Tapped for a research project between March and November 2017 -…

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Dead dogs, leaking oil drums, batteries: Antarctica's abandoned waste gets funding boost to kickstart the clean up

Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field.

Inverse

Humans are making a mark on Antarctica — should we be worried?

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read how humans and soot are harming Antarctica, the unexpected link between California wildfires and increased water, and more.

Reuters

In Antarctica, does a burgeoning krill fishery threaten wildlife?

A humpback whale, likely lured by a trawling net capturing masses of Antarctic krill, became entangled last month and died in the Southern Ocean. Three dead juveniles were caught in the same company's krill nets last year.

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Cold war on ice? Politics and science collide once more in Australia’s approach to Antarctica

Strategic and scientific motivations are not always neatly separable, but it’s clear Australia’s renewed interest in Antarctica is spurred in part by China

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A krill aquarium, climate research, and geopolitics: how Australia's $800 million Antarctic funding will be spent

The federal government’s major package of new funding for Australia’s Antarctic program, announced on Tuesday, promises an additional A$804.4 million over the next decade.

Inverse

The dangerous way tourism is polluting Antarctica and accelerating melting

In a recent study, researchers found that tourists and scientists are polluting Antarctica and its changing the continent's climate for the worse.

The Conversation

Each Antarctic tourist effectively melts 83 tonnes of snow – new research

Every summer, as the sea ice surrounding Antarctica retreats, tens of thousands of tourists and scientists flock to the landmass by boat and plane. The remote continent is becoming increasingly accessible – during the 2019-20 season, the number of sightseeing visitors reached 74,000, with the vast majority travelling by ship.…

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