Started by Alistair Grant (@captain_al) ·
Shackleton's Endurance was found in 2022, 3 km down
The name 'ENDURANCE' still readable on the stern. Then I reread the whole expedition and the open-boat journey is still one of the most insane things humans have done.
5 sources · 40 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “endurance shipwreck found”
- Ended at
- Voyage of the James Caird
The Trail
- “endurance shipwreck found” (google.com)
- Endurance (1912 ship) (en.wikipedia.org)
- Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (en.wikipedia.org)
- Ernest Shackleton (en.wikipedia.org)
- Voyage of the James Caird (en.wikipedia.org)
the lifeboat. 1,300 km across the Southern Ocean
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