![]() ![]() Shackleton was famously charismatic and persuasive. Honor and recognition in case of success. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Every step will be an advance in geographical science.Īccording to legend, he put this ad in the Times of London: SHACK: The first crossing of the Antarctic continent, from sea to sea via the Pole, will be a journey of great scientific importance. Season 2, Episode 7: How They Found the Shipwreck Endurance.Ĭould someone PLEASE tell me how the story of Ernest Shackleton has never become a movie? I mean, how is this not the greatest adventure ever told?ġ914: British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton planned to become the first man to cross the Antarctic continent. I’m David Pogue, and this is “Unsung Science.” First Ads And today, they’ll tell us how they did it. In 2022, an international team of explorers found Ernest Shackleton’s ship-the Endurance. And I must admit that is absolutely true, because, in fact, the real issue it is, is the ice. Nico: It has been said that this is the most unreachable wreck to find. And then a century of trying to find the shipwreck. A crew stranded on floating ice for almost 2 years. A ship crushed and sunk by surging walls of ice. ![]() Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 expedition to Antarctica is one of the most astonishing adventure stories of all time. Every attempt to find it wound up thwarted by exactly the same enemy: crushing sheets of pack ice.įinally, in 2022, an international team of explorers and scientists found the wreck-and it’s in absolutely pristine condition. Shackleton’s men survived 21 months on the ice, alone and freezing,became one of the most incredible adventure stories ever recorded.īut the ship itself, Endurance, was not seen again for 107 years. Though, in Harris’ ever-optimistic depiction of the world, nature regenerates itself and the viewer’s human intervention reveals the magical experience of certain remarkable, natural phenomena.ĭiscover Endurance: The Polar Studies (2022) by Dominic Harris, on view now at 144-146 New Bond Street.In 1914, British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s historic expeditiontoAntarctica stalled when floating ice trapped, crushed, and finally sank his ship, Endurance. Endurance now looks to the present day, where human industry remains a constant, destructive force threatening the polar environments. Above all, what struck him was the sheer vulnerability of humans when faced with the unrelenting power of nature. Reading from the crew’s journals, Harris discovered moments of awe against a backdrop of fear. When Shackleton set off aboard Endurance, he began an extraordinary adventure of human survival within a beautiful but also alien and dangerous environment. Inspired by first-hand accounts from Shackleton’s expedition to the Antarctic, Dominic Harris’ new artwork Endurance: The Polar Studies transports the viewer to extreme regions of frozen beauty inhabited by wild creatures. The lost vessel of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, was found at the at the bottom of the Weddell Sea. The ship was crushed by sea-ice and sank in 1915, forcing Shackleton and his men to make an astonishing escape on foot and in small boats.ĭespite being submerged in 3km (10,000ft) of water for over a century, videos and photographs show Endurance to be in remarkable condition.
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