The Independent
UK · 21 mins ago
First close-up images of famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s last ship released
The first close-up images of the wrecked last ship of famed Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton have finally been obtained following a ‘once-in-a-generation’ expedition in the Labrador Sea.An expedition led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in partnership with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is underway to map the wrecks and debris around the last ships of legendary polar explorers Sir Ernest Shackleton and Captain Robert Falcon Scott.Researchers hope to thoroughly survey the wrecks and produce digital twins of the ships.They obtained images of the wreck of Quest, Shackleton’s last ship, using Alvin, the first submersible to visit the wreck of the Titanic 40 years ago.Ernest Shackleton’s ship Quest (Reuters)Expedition leader John Geiger, who was an observer on Alvin’s fi
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