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Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance was crushed by sea ice and sank in Antarctica's Weddell Sea in 1915. After months camped on drifting ice and an 800-mile open-boat voyage to fetch help, all 28 men survived. The wreck was found in 2022, almost intact.

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After Endurance was trapped and crushed by the Weddell Sea ice, the crew camped on drifting floes before taking three lifeboats to Elephant Island, a bare island off the Antarctic Peninsula. Shackleton and five companions then sailed the lifeboat James Caird about 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) to South Georgia. With two of them, Frank Worsley and Tom Crean, he crossed the island's mountains on foot to reach a whaling station, then organised the rescue of the men left behind. The 22 men on Elephant Island were picked up on 30 August 1916. In March 2022 the Endurance22 expedition found the wreck 3,008 metres down on the floor of the Weddell Sea, remarkably well preserved.

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Ernest Shackleton'ın gemisi Endurance, 1915'te Antarktika'daki Weddell Denizi'nde buzların arasında ezilerek battı. Mürettebat aylarca sürüklenen buzların üstünde kamp kurdu; Shackleton yardım getirmek için açık bir filikayla 1.300 kilometre yol aldı ve 28 kişinin hepsi kurtuldu. Enkaz 2022'de, neredeyse bozulmadan bulundu.

Endurance Weddell Denizi'nde buzlara sıkışıp ezildikten sonra mürettebat, sürüklenen buz kütlelerinin üstünde kamp kurdu; ardından üç filikayla Antarktika Yarımadası açıklarındaki çıplak Elephant Adası'na geçti. Shackleton beş arkadaşıyla James Caird adlı filikaya binip yaklaşık 1.300 kilometre yol alarak Güney Georgia Adası'na ulaştı. Ardından yanına Frank Worsley ile Tom Crean'i alıp adanın dağlarını yürüyerek aştı, bir balina istasyonuna vardı ve geride kalanların kurtarılmasını örgütledi. Elephant Adası'nda bekleyen 22 kişi 30 Ağustos 1916'da kurtarıldı. Endurance22 seferi Mart 2022'de enkazı Weddell Denizi'nin 3.008 metre derinliğinde, şaşırtıcı ölçüde sağlam buldu.

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