The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, sitting on its keel under 1,280 feet of churning, frigid water, the society said. Its towering mast is lying broken beside it, likely cracked off as the vessel was sucked into the depths after it struck ice on May 5, 1962.Related video above: In 2022, the wreckage of the Endurance, another shipwreck of Shackleton바카라 게임 웹사이트s, was found nearly 2 miles under the sea in AntarcticaShackleton바카라 게임 웹사이트s death aboard the ship in 1922 marked the end of what historians consider the 바카라 게임 웹사이트heroic age바카라 게임 웹사이트 of Antarctic exploration. The explorer led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, and he was in the early stages of a fourth when he died. He was 47.The Quest바카라 게임 웹사이트s discovery was 바카라 게임 웹사이트profoundly moving,바카라 게임 웹사이트 John Geiger, leader of the Shackleton Quest Expedition ,said Wednesday . 바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s just such a great story. It links Canada to this most-famous-of-all polar explorers.바카라 게임 웹사이트Geiger called it a a very important ship historically.The Norwegian-built ship, used for Arctic research and sealing after Shackleton바카라 게임 웹사이트s death, appears to be in 바카라 게임 웹사이트incredible condition,바카라 게임 웹사이트 though it was damaged when it slammed into the seabed, Geiger said.Now that it has been found, the next step will be sending down remotely operated vehicles to capture images of its remains.In 2022, researchers discovered another wreck of Shackleton바카라 게임 웹사이트s. The Endurance was found in 10,000 feet 바카라 게임 웹사이트 about 3,000 meters 바카라 게임 웹사이트 of icy water, a century after it was swallowed up by Antarctic ice.A team of marine archaeologists, engineers and other scientists used an icebreaker ship and underwater drones to locate the wreck at the bottom of the Weddell Sea, near the Antarctica Peninsula.The expedition Endurance22 embarked from Cape Town, South Africa, in early February in a ship capable of breaking through 3-foot (1-meter)-thick ice.The team, which included more than 100 researchers and crew members, deployed underwater drones that combed the seafloor for two weeks in the area where the ship was recorded to have sunk in 1915.Shackleton never achieved his ambition to become the first person to cross Antarctica via the South Pole. In fact, he never set foot on the continent during the failed Endurance expedition, though he did visit Antarctica during earlier voyages.
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland — The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, sitting on its keel under 1,280 feet of churning, frigid water, the society said. Its towering mast is lying broken beside it, likely cracked off as the vessel was sucked into the depths after it struck ice on May 5, 1962.
Related video above: In 2022, the wreckage of the Endurance, another shipwreck of Shackleton바카라 게임 웹사이트s, was found nearly 2 miles under the sea in Antarctica
Shackleton바카라 게임 웹사이트s death aboard the ship in 1922 marked the end of what historians consider the 바카라 게임 웹사이트heroic age바카라 게임 웹사이트 of Antarctic exploration. The explorer led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, and he was in the early stages of a fourth when he died. He was 47.
Associated Press
Sir Ernest Shackleton, a noted explorer and writer, is shown as he arrived in New York on the Aquitania, on a hurried business trip to Canada, Jan. 30, 1921. The wreck of the last ship belonging to the famed explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, June 9, 2024, sitting on its keel under 390 meters of churning, frigid water. (AP Photo, File)
The Quest바카라 게임 웹사이트s discovery was 바카라 게임 웹사이트profoundly moving,바카라 게임 웹사이트 John Geiger, leader of the Shackleton Quest Expedition ,said Wednesday . 바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s just such a great story. It links Canada to this most-famous-of-all polar explorers.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Geiger called it a a very important ship historically.
Tore Topp
This photo provided by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society shows the Quest ship sinking off the coast of Labrador, Canada, May 5, 1962. The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, an Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, June 9, 2024. (Tore Topp/Royal Canadian Geographical Society via AP)
The Norwegian-built ship, used for Arctic research and sealing after Shackleton바카라 게임 웹사이트s death, appears to be in 바카라 게임 웹사이트incredible condition,바카라 게임 웹사이트 though it was damaged when it slammed into the seabed, Geiger said.
Now that it has been found, the next step will be sending down remotely operated vehicles to capture images of its remains.
Tore Topp
This photo provided by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society shows the Quest ship sinking off of Labrador, Canada, on May 5, 1962. The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, an Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, June 9, 2024. (Tore Topp/Royal Canadian Geographical Society via AP)
In 2022, researchers discovered another wreck of Shackleton바카라 게임 웹사이트s. The Endurance was found in 10,000 feet 바카라 게임 웹사이트 about 3,000 meters 바카라 게임 웹사이트 of icy water, a century after it was swallowed up by Antarctic ice.
A team of marine archaeologists, engineers and other scientists used an icebreaker ship and underwater drones to locate the wreck at the bottom of the Weddell Sea, near the Antarctica Peninsula.
The expedition Endurance22 embarked from Cape Town, South Africa, in early February in a ship capable of breaking through 3-foot (1-meter)-thick ice.
The team, which included more than 100 researchers and crew members, deployed underwater drones that combed the seafloor for two weeks in the area where the ship was recorded to have sunk in 1915.
Shackleton never achieved his ambition to become the first person to cross Antarctica via the South Pole. In fact, he never set foot on the continent during the failed Endurance expedition, though he did visit Antarctica during earlier voyages.