Shackleton’s Lost Ship Endurance Found 107 Years After Sinking Off Antarctica

The stern of the wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the discovery of which was announced on March 9, 2022. Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/National Georgraphic

The wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance has been found 107 years after it became trapped in sea ice and sank off the coast of Antarctica.

The wooden ship had not been seen since it went down in the Weddell Sea in 1915, and in February the Endurance22 Expedition set off from Cape Town, South Africa, a month after the 100th anniversary of Sir Ernest’s death on a mission to locate it.