The 44-meter wooden ship protagonist of the epic that began in 1914 is located on the bottom of the Weddell Sea, east of Antarctica, more than 3 kilometers deep in the coldest waters of the planet. It sank in 1915 after being crushed by ice, men were saved after an incredible epic
The wreck of the Endurance, the famous ship of the explorer Ernest Shackleton who managed to rescue his crew despite the tragic sinking, was found by the submarine drones of an expedition in the Antarctic Sea, 107 years after the sinking. According to what the New York Times, is located on the bottom of the Weddell Sea, east of Antarctica, more than 3 kilometers deep in the coldest waters of the planet, and was spotted by drones in operation in an area of 150 square miles around where the ship sank in the 1915 after being crushed by ice. The Endurance, a 144 feet (44 meters) long three-masted wooden ship, was the scene of a very famous survival adventure. The historic find was announced by the Endurance22 expedition which also showed the first images.
Exploration and the ice trap
In August 1914, under the command of the famous explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, twenty-seven men sailed from London on the Endurance to Antarctica. The purpose of the expedition was to cross the Antarctic continent from east to west by land. But only eighty miles from the Pole, the Endurance, although conceived for navigation between icebergs, was trapped in the ice and was dragged northwest by the pack drift for ten months.
The struggle for survival
On November 21, 1915, the ship, unable to resist the pressure of the pack ice, sank, forcing Shackleton and his crew to find shelter in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. As compelling as a novel, that of the Endurance is one of the most extraordinary feats in the history of exploration, an incredible adventure whose protagonists were the courage, endurance, self-denial that distinguished Shackleton’s men and his exceptional ability to support them. and guide them. The 28 crewmen were forced to struggle with limited supplies and in an environment where the temperature fluctuated from -22 to -45 degrees, sleeping for 5 months on ice.
In the lifeboat to Shetland
They were not rescued by anyone: the survivors, after an incredible journey on the three lifeboats, saved from the sinking of the Endurance, managed to arrive at Elephant Island in South Shetland. From here Shackleton, with five other companions, set sail at the helm of a seven-meter lifeboat in a reckless attempt to reach a whaling base located in South Georgia. With the only help of a sextant and a stopwatch the boat was incredibly successful 1600 km and reach Grytviken, crossing one of the most dangerous seas in the world.
The rescue of the remaining men
Upon arrival, Shackleton organized a rescue expedition, which only many months later, due to the frozen sea, was able to recover the men who remained waiting on the Elephant Island. Much to Shackleton’s pride, none of his men died in Antarctica. More than once, cinema and television have approached this incredible story. The most recent transposition Shackletona British-made television film, starring Kenneth Branagh as the great and charismatic explorer.
March 9, 2022 (change March 11, 2022 | 21:13)
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