The Endurance has been found!

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The Endurance has been found!

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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60662541
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So, yet another benefit of climate change.
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As I said to a friend who sent me the same link: “Ship’s name checks out.”
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JRinFL wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:13 am
 As I said to a friend who sent me the same link: “Ship’s name checks out.”
Indeed!
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That's pretty cool. it would have been exciting to have been part of that crew, especially to go down in a submarine and see the wreck. Thanks for posting. A big part of history.
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I remember reading the book (of the same name) years ago. I still have it on my shelf. Maybe I'll re-read it. Thanks for sharing!

Why isn't there an Endurance in the budget line? Too similar sounding to 'Endura' ?
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YOWZA! The ship is in magnificent condition! It's breathtaking.
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That's incredible that it still looks that good after being in salt water for over 100 years! Very cool find, I can't imagine the excitement when they came across it.
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That is simply incredible. I read the story about the expedition, to see the actual ship so intact is very neat . Thank you for sharing. MG2
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They're doing 3d modeling and mapping of the wreck. It would be expensive, but can you image how cool a full VR simulation would be? So you could 'float' around and check everything out.
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Shackleton took his shipwrecked crew in open boats and navigated to S.Georgia. Having landed they had to fight their way over the mountainous interior … incredible.

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Kind of a shame about the monument status, it would be really cool to recover it and catalog all the artifacts.
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It's fascinating and a bit eerie comparing the pics of the area of the ship around the steering wheel under 10,000 feet of water, and the last pic in the article taken in 1914, with the guy standing at the railing near the wheel.

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That is amazing!
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Wow! Amazing story. Looking at the wreckage and then the pics of when it was seaworthy is kind of freaky.
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