Ernest Shackleton

The wreckage of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship 'Endurance', which was crushed by Antarctic ice and sank some 3000m to the ocean floor more than a ...

Aileen Crean O'Brien, a granddaughter of Tom Crean, said: "To see the footage this morning, it was just amazing. It is protected by the Antarctic Treaty. Nor did we wish to tamper with it." And to think that our grandfather, Tom Crean, stood at that wheel over a hundred years ago, it's just fantastic, it's brilliant news." It was surveyed using the latest tools and its position confirmed. The entire team aboard #Endurance22 are happy and a little exhausted! We were able to film the wreck in super high definition. He tweeted: "The wreck is coherent, in an astonishing state of preservation. It makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck. Dr Shears said: "The Endurance22 expedition has reached its goal. "This is by far the finest wooden shipwreck I have ever seen. The results are magical #Endurance22." It is upright, well proud of the seabed, intact, and in a brilliant state of preservation."

An expedition that set out in search of the lost ship of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton has found it — 106 years after the vessel sank off Antarctica.

"We hope our discovery will engage young people and inspire them with the pioneering spirit, courage and fortitude of those who sailed Endurance to Antarctica," Bound said. You can see the ropes and the rigging. The crew made a new camp on an ice floe, and any ambition to cross Antarctica dissipated. But in January 1915, the Endurance became trapped in ice off the coast of Antarctica. On Oct. 27, 1915, Shackleton gave the order to abandon the Endurance. The men were told to gather no more than 2 pounds each of personal gear from the ship; much of the ship's supplies had already become inaccessible because of broken timbers in the hull. You can even see 'Endurance' arced across the stern," Bound said.