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Famed polar exploration ship Endurance not as strong as legend held, researcher says
Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's crew famously survived after the Endurance became stuck in ice in 1915. A researcher says the ship was ill-equipped for the voyage and Shackleton was aware.
At 3,008 meters deep in the sea of Weddell lie the remains of the Endurance , the ship with which Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) tried to arrive in 1915 to the Bay of Vahsel to cross Antarctica. From a camp on the sea ice, the explorer and his men saw him disappear before his eyes on November 21 without they could do anything to avoid it. In his last days, the ship groaned agonizing in white hell, with beams and logs crackling «like gunfire»,…
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Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's crew famously survived after the Endurance became stuck in ice in 1915. A researcher says the ship was ill-equipped for the voyage and Shackleton was aware. The post Famed polar exploration ship Endurance not as strong as legend held, researcher says appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.
Fatal flaws: In November 1915, the ship "Endurance" of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton was crushed and sank from the ice of the Antarctic Wedell Sea – but why? New analyses reveal that structural flaws of the ship built specifically for polar research were to blame: deck beams and hull were not stable enough to withstand the pressure of the ice. Strangely, Shackleton knew this – and sailed the "Endurance" into the ice. British polar explorer Si…
New Study Shines Light on the Sinking of Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’
The original version of this article first appeared on ExplorersWeb. The Endurance set sail from Plymouth, England, in 1914 with a crew of past and future polar icons aboard. But true fame only found the ship after she sank. In November of 1915, she was crushed by the ice, launching her former passengers into a legendary ordeal. The ragged crew, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, returned as heroes, immortalizing the ship Endurance in polar history. …
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