South African icebreaker has departed for Weddell Sea in search of Endurance, crushed by pack ice in 1915
A South African icebreaker has departed in search of Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, which sank off the coast of Antarctica in 1915 after being slowly crushed by pack ice.
The team hopes to find the shipwreck with the latest specialist technology and explore it with two underwater drones.
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