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Evening Standard

The story of Antarctica told through 100 unusual items from bust of Lenin to pony shoe

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the first crossing into the Antarctic Circle, the icy land is explored in a new book called Antarctica: A History in 100 Objects which begins with James Cook’s 1773 crossing

Daily Mirror

Descendant Of Ernest Shackleton Composes Music On A Violin Made From The Explorer’s Floorboards

A descendant of Ernest Shackleton spent a week composing music on a violin made from the Antarctic explorer's floorboards

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New Zealand leader Ardern makes rare trip to Antarctica

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this week is making a rare visit by a world leader to Antarctica

The Independent UK

New Zealand has duty to Antarctic: Ardern

On a mission to Scott Base, Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand's multi-million dollar investment in Antarctic research facilities is vital.

AAP

Shackleton descendant composes on violin made of famed explorer's floorboards

A DESCENDANT of Ernest Shackleton spent a week composing music on a violin made from the famous Antarctic explorer’s floorboards.

The National (Scotland)

Sir Ernest Shackleton's lost ship Endurance could be raised from sea in Antarctica

Endurance became stuck in ice and sank in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915. The wreck now lies at a depth of 9,000 feet

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Raising of Shackleton’s lost ship from under sea downplayed by discoverers

Endurance became stuck in ice and sank in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915.

The Independent UK

Endurance will ‘decay out of existence’ unless ship is raised from sea

Mensun Bound, who found Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship in March, says question of raising wreck is a ‘hot potato’

The Guardian - UK

Shackleton’s lost ship ‘could be raised from under sea off Antarctica’

Endurance sank after becoming stuck in ice in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915.

The Independent UK

Signed copy of book about Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition to go under hammer

The book, titled South, has been signed by Ernest Shackleton’s second-in-command, Frank Wild.

The Independent UK

The South African ship that found Antarctica's Endurance wreck is vital for climate science

It was 1914 when the English explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition aboard a ship called Endurance. It was an ill-fated journey: the ship got trapped in the ice and eventually crushed by pack ice in 1915. It sank to the bottom of Antarctica’s Weddell…

The Conversation

Now Shackleton's Endurance has been found, who determines what happens to the famous shipwreck?

Tonight’s federal budget will include more than A$800 million over ten years to provide a “clear marker” of Australia’s “scientific leadership” in Antarctica.

The Conversation

At the ends of the Earth – why are we so obsessed with the tragedy of polar exploration?

Ernest Shackleton’s ship was finally found this month after 100 years suspended under the sea. His story speaks to our chaotic lives today, says Imogen West-Knights

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The Conversation

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.

Radio France Internationale

Secrets under the ice: explorers release footage of Shackleton’s shipwreck

Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton set out on an epic journey in 1914 to attempt the first land crossing of Antarctica. But his ship Endurance got stuck in the ice and sank in the Weddell sea, forcing the crew to abandon the mission. An expedition this week found the wreck and…

The Conversation

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…

The Conversation

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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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

Chicago Sun-Times

Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship found after a century under the ocean

The expedition to find Endurance comes a century after Shackleton’s death in 1922. British historian and broadcaster Dan Snow tweeted that the wreck’s discovery on Saturday happened “100 years to the day since Shackleton was buried.”

Zenger

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.

Benzinga

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.

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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…

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