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Shackleton's lost shipwreck and a journey of Endurance
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It's one of the most storied shipwrecks in the world and now we know exactly where it is. Ernest Shackleton's Endurance has been discovered in astonishingly good condition off the coast of Antarctica more than a century after its sinking.
Endurance was discovered at a depth of 3008 metres in the Weddell Sea, about six kilometres from where it was slowly crushed by pack ice in 1915.
The discovery
The 'Endurance' sinking in 1915.  
The 'Endurance' sinking in 1915.  
Picture: Frank Hurley/Getty Images
Picture: Frank Hurley/Getty Images
A team of marine archaeologists using underwater drones made the discovery. Lead marine archaeologist Mensun Bound was stunned by the find. 
Picture: Esther Horvath / Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / AFP
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This is by far the finest wooden shipwreck I have ever seen. It is upright, well proud of the seabed, intact, and in a brilliant state of preservation. You can even see ‘Endurance’ arced across the stern... This is a milestone in polar history. 
Picture:  Esther Horvath  
MENSUN BOUND
Damaged when it sank by the pressure of the ice, the ship remained in remarkable condition thanks to frigid water and the absence of wood-eating marine organisms.
Picture:  Esther Horvath / Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / AFP
The team have scanned the wreck using laser technology known as Lidar, which will allow a 3D model to be made.
Picture: Esther Horvath / Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / AFP
Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, onboard the Endurance, was one of the last expeditions of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. It began in 1914 and ended in 1917.
Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
An Ill-fated journey
The ship became trapped in the ice in January 1915, early in Shackleton’s attempt to cross Antarctica. The crew camped on the ice until it ruptured.
Picture: Frank Hurley/State Library NSW
The 'Endurance' crew  
The 'Endurance' crew  
Picture: Frank Hurley/Getty Images
Picture: Frank Hurley/Getty Images
The Bosun, John Vincent, of the 'Endurance' mending a net, 1915
The Bosun, John Vincent, of the 'Endurance' mending a net, 1915
Picture: Frank Hurley/Getty Images
Picture: Frank Hurley/Getty Images
Endurance sank on November 21. The crew took lifeboats and escaped to Elephant Island before rowing 800 miles to South Georgia for help. All 28 survived.
Picture: Frank Hurley/Getty
The crew drag a  lifeboat  across the snow after the sinking.   
The crew drag a  lifeboat  across the snow after the sinking.   
Picture: Frank Hurley/Getty Images
Picture: Frank Hurley/Getty Images
Shackleton described the site of the sinking as "the worst portion of the worst sea in the world".
Picture: Frank Hurley/Getty
The search for Shackleton’s ship was launched by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust in mid-February and was conducted from a South African icebreaker.
Picture: Frank Hurley/Getty
The wreck shall remain on the seabed. Under the international Antarctic Treaty, it has been designated as a monument and cannot be disturbed. 
Picture: Esther Horvath / Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / AFP
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