ENDURANCE22
Finding Shackleton’s lost ice ship
The hunt for Shackleton’s lost ice ship
The Expedition
On 3rd February 2022, a major international scientific expedition set sail from Cape Town in the South African polar research vessel, SA Agulhas II, heading for one of the coldest, harshest and most remote locations in the world: the Antarctic. On board were a team of 60 maritime archaeologists, engineers, scientists and sub-sea technicians. Their mission – to find the Endurance, which hadn’t been seen for more than 100 years. Using underwater robots, helicopters and other state-of-the-art technology, the Endurance22 expedition would become the first to locate and survey Sir Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship, which sank in the Weddell Sea in November 1915.
On 3rd February 2022, a major international scientific expedition set sail from Cape Town to explore the Antarctic – one of the coldest, harshest and most remote locations in the world. Their mission was to find the Endurance, which hadn’t been seen for more than 100 years. Using underwater robots, helicopters and other state-of-the-art technology, the Endurance22 expedition was the first to locate and survey Sir Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship which sank in the Weddell Sea in Antarctica in 1915.
In February and March 2022, a major international scientific expedition explored one of the coldest, harshest and most remote locations in the world, in a quest to find the Endurance. Using underwater robots, helicopters and other state-of-the-art technology, the Endurance22 expedition was the first to locate and survey Sir Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship which sank in the Weddell Sea in Antarctica in 1915.
The Expedition Vessel
The Endurance22 expedition provided an unprecedented opportunity to explore one of the most remote and least studied places on our planet in a quest to uncover the lost secrets of the Endurance. Carrying a team of over 65 members, the mission was conducted from the South African polar research and logistics vessel, S.A. Agulhas II.
The Search Area
The approximate location of Endurance was logged by the ship’s captain, Frank Worsley, using a sextant and a theodolite at the spot where she eventually sank in 1915, after becoming trapped and eventually crushed by the thick sea ice of the Weddell Sea. The Endurance22 expedition team used this information to get as close as possible to the Endurance wreck site.
Endurance Search Area
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The 3D model of Shackleton’s Endurance is now on display at @DiscoveryDundee on loan for the summer ⚓
Visitors enjoyed a brilliant evening with Mensun Bound, speaking at a sold-out Dundee …Heritage Trust fundraiser alongside the iconic RRS Discovery.
https://t.co/Tnjgc5LmrC
Our 3D printed model of the wreck of Endurance is going on loan to @DiscoveryDundee. Would love to see some of our Endurance22 community there 😊
Find out more https://t.co/Tnjgc5LmrC
Exploration should never come at the expense of the planet. 🌍
This #EarthDay , we’re committed to protecting the seas while uncovering the stories beneath them.
#earthday2026
On #EarthDay, we celebrate the unique environment and biodiversity of our beautiful Islands. 🇫🇰 🌎
The Falklands are home to:
🐧1 million breeding penguins
🐦 70% of the world’s …Black-Browed Albatross
🐳25 species of whale and dolphin
🌱 40 National Nature Reserves
Check out our COOs blog about her recent trip to the Falklands!
https://t.co/2v9iqtgl0V
✨ Two years ago, the #Endurance22 team received the Explorers Club Citation of Merit for discovering Shackleton’s Endurance, lost for over 100 years in the Weddell Sea.
Teamwork. Tenacity. …Legacy. 🌍🔎
#OnThisDay 2019: After an earlier failed search, we returned with @Ocean__Infinity and the Seabed Constructor and found SMS Scharnhorst 1,600m beneath the waves. A powerful reminder: don’t give …up.
🔎 https://t.co/JSqIoxsGEe
The 3D model of Shackleton’s Endurance is now on display at @DiscoveryDundee on loan for the summer ⚓
Visitors enjoyed a brilliant evening with Mensun Bound, speaking at a sold-out Dundee …Heritage Trust fundraiser alongside the iconic RRS Discovery.
https://t.co/Tnjgc5LmrC
Our 3D printed model of the wreck of Endurance is going on loan to @DiscoveryDundee. Would love to see some of our Endurance22 community there 😊
Find out more https://t.co/Tnjgc5LmrC
Exploration should never come at the expense of the planet. 🌍
This #EarthDay , we’re committed to protecting the seas while uncovering the stories beneath them.
#earthday2026
On #EarthDay, we celebrate the unique environment and biodiversity of our beautiful Islands. 🇫🇰 🌎
The Falklands are home to:
🐧1 million breeding penguins
🐦 70% of the world’s …Black-Browed Albatross
🐳25 species of whale and dolphin
🌱 40 National Nature Reserves
Check out our COOs blog about her recent trip to the Falklands!
https://t.co/2v9iqtgl0V
✨ Two years ago, the #Endurance22 team received the Explorers Club Citation of Merit for discovering Shackleton’s Endurance, lost for over 100 years in the Weddell Sea.
Teamwork. Tenacity. …Legacy. 🌍🔎
#OnThisDay 2019: After an earlier failed search, we returned with @Ocean__Infinity and the Seabed Constructor and found SMS Scharnhorst 1,600m beneath the waves. A powerful reminder: don’t give …up.
🔎 https://t.co/JSqIoxsGEe
