Lost ship Endurance finally FOUND in Antarctica ending incredible 107-year-old mystery

THE wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance has finally been found off the coast of Antarctica 107 years after it sank.

The lost ship of the Anglo-Irish explorer had not been seen since it was crushed by ice and sank in the Weddell Sea on November 21, 1915.

Last month, the Endurance22 Expedition set off from Cape Town in South Africa on a mission to find the vessel - one month after the 100th anniversary of Sir Ernest's death.

And Endurance was finally spotted on Saturday at a depth of 3,008 metres and some four miles south of the position recorded by the ship's Captain Frank Worsley, according to the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust.

Even though the wreck has been sitting in water for more than a century, the expedition's director of exploration said Endurance was "by far the finest wooden shipwreck" he has ever seen.

Mensun Bound, who has now fulfilled a dream ambition in his near 50-year career, said: "We are overwhelmed by our good fortune in having located and captured images of Endurance.

"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, directly below the taffrail.

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[johnbowkett]

Shackleton's story was one of the greatest ever told .

[festrike]

It must have been a struggle to find that ship down there but congratulations for those who found it!!

[_Lis]

It's amazing in how good shape it is because there aren't any microbes that eat wood.

[EscapeZMatrix]

Wow something on the news that isn't death and depression 👍WELL DONE 👌

[Stgpop]

Seeing her name displayed proudly on her stern still brings me much joy

[jjw]

Be amazing if they retrieve all of this! What a discovery!!👍

[patrick.]

Well that's a documentary gonna be worth watching

[b.visconti]

I hope all progress on exploring the wreck will be shown so we all can see..good job!👍

[gbjanuary]

I hope someone is able to raise the Shackleton so we can see it up closer 😁

[shoutingmuteness]

Cool, the first interesting and useful news by Sun.

[minhajulislam]

OMG it's still have the shiny visible name

[ezioauditore]

I'm a diver and the level of preservation here is astonishing. I've dived wrecks that are only a couple of decades old that are falling apart. The icy water must be the cause. Incredible.

[dgatsby]

That's amazing to see after all this time 🤯

[princeharming]

I read the book, "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage", by Alfred Lansing, nearly 20 years ago. An Amazing record. THIS... is a story that stays with you.

[RifullOfTheWest]

Oh my gosh, its in pervect condition, you could possible pull it out of the water, and sail it again. I hope someday they consider raising the ship, and restoring it, it would be incredible to see this ship sail again. RIP the people onboard, their bodies are probably long gone by now.

[Echomackay]

this is excellent news, so nice to see something other than the Ukraine being reported

[drac]

Wow it's in good condition the film shackleton's captain is properly the best survival film ever, people today still try do what they did to survive, how amazing that it's been found

[marknorville]

You need a better video editor. You should have shown the old footage first, then the ship that found here and the sub being lowered and then kept the wreck footage for last. It would have tied up then, rather than having everything out of place.

[grvc]

Flat earthers Believes shackleston was sunk by NASA for attempting to reach the Edge

[ComedyCorner]

Rah that’s crazy hmm ocean is a nice but scary place ey - I’m thinking how did a ocean keep n preserve such a big ship etc anyway