“What the ice gets the ice keeps.” Shackleton. Alexandra Shackleton, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s grand-daughter would certainly not allow it. One’s immediate thought is can it be raised? We read that under the Antarctic Treaty this would not be allowed. To find the Endurance in such good condition is what dreams are made of. “For the navigational geeks, here is my working plot of the most probable sinking position of the wreck, started in 2003 last updated 2021 following re-assessment with Bergman & Stuart (68☄1’22”S 52☂5’W), total potential error of 1.15 to 1.75 nm latitude, 2.5 to 3.6 nm longitude”, said Mearns. “Whether they used my information or not I know my research on the condition and location of the wreck was spot -on.” Mearns assured Ice Tracks.Īccording to a news report the paper was “read with interest” by the Endurance22 team, however, to date it is unknown if the expedition team relied on Mearns analysis. The analysis in the preprint we are releasing today updates the 2019 work and is a more complete, accurate and reliable basis for determining the most probable sinking location of Endurance”. As such interested parties, including the team leading the Endurance22 search, are not operating with the latest and most reliable information at their disposal. We expected it would be made public sooner, however delays in the peer-review process meant that the paper is yet to be published. “Our paper detailing this new analysis was submitted for publication in the Journal of Navigation on 29 July 2021. With colleagues Lars Bergman and Robin Stuart, Mearns has been researching the whereabouts of the Endurance wreck since 2003. Mearns has located more than 25 major ship wrecks, and located the Piper aeroplane that crashed into the Channel killing the Argentinian footballer, Emiliano Sala after many other attempts had failed. Surprisingly, what is little said in the news, is that David Mearns a chartered marine scientist and one of the greatest ship wreck finders of all time showed extraordinary generosity by handing over his research paper to the Endurance22 team. Taffrail and ship’s wheel, aft well deck – Credit: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust and National Geographic. The steeliness of Frank Wild keeping the men alive and with hope for four months on Elephant Island as they waited for rescue cannot go unmentioned. Worsley was unable to get a fixing until 19 hours after the ship sank. ![]() Worsely noted in his log book 68☃9’30” South 52☂6’30” West. ![]() The pure courage of Shackleton, the extraordinary brilliance of navigation by Worsley, using a sextant and chronometer, to calculate the co-ordinates of the position where the stricken Endurance slipped below the floes on 21 November, 1915. The most tragic event in exploration, following the crushing and sinking of the 114-foot, three masted wooden ship, the Endurance in 1915 was averted by one of the most outstanding leaders of all time, Sir Ernest Shackleton.Īs the ship drifted for some 10 months in the iron grip of the ice, Shackleton with his right-hand man Frank Wild, and the outstanding Captain Frank Worsely were already making their plans. Discovering the Endurance this last week has cast a brief shard of light and a pause in the media that brings us nothing but cataclysmic news.
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