The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust said Endurance was found at a depth of 3,008 metres and approximately four miles south of the position originally recorded by the ship’s captain Frank Worsley.
Pictures show the work carried out by the Endurance22 Expedition and the well preserved vessel, including the name, ‘Endurance’ arced across the stern.
The expedition’s director of exploration said footage of Endurance showed it to be intact and “by far the finest wooden shipwreck” he has seen.
9. Photo issued by Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust of expedition team on board the South African polar research and logistics vessel, S.A. Agulhas II, on an expedition to find the wreck of Endurance, Endurance was found at a depth of 3008 metres in the Weddell Sea, within the search area defined by the expedition team before its departure from Cape Town, and approximately four miles south of the position originally recorded by Captain Worsley.
Photo issued by Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust of expedition team on board the South African polar research and logistics vessel, S.A. Agulhas II, on an expedition to find the wreck of Endurance, Endurance was found at a depth of 3008 metres in the Weddell Sea, within the search area defined by the expedition team before its departure from Cape Town, and approximately four miles south of the position originally recorded by Captain Worsley. Photo: Nick Birtwistle/Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
10. Conditions faced by the S.A. Agulhas II, on an expedition to find the wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship. Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/National Geographic
Conditions faced by the S.A. Agulhas II, on an expedition to find the wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship. Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/National Geographic Photo: Nick Birtwistle/Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
11. Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust of Menson Bound, Director of Exploration of Endurance22 expedition (left) and John Shears, Expedition Leader, on the sea ice of Weddell Sea, in the Antarctic with S.A. Agulhas II, during the expedition to find the wreck of Endurance.
Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust of Menson Bound, Director of Exploration of Endurance22 expedition (left) and John Shears, Expedition Leader, on the sea ice of Weddell Sea, in the Antarctic with S.A. Agulhas II, during the expedition to find the wreck of Endurance. Photo: Esther Horvath/Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
12. Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust of MarcDe Vos (left), Senior Meteorologist and Oceanographer from South African Weather Service, showing the weather data to Jean-Christope Caillens, Off-Shore Manager, Nico Vincent, Expedition Sub-sea Manager and Lasse Rabenstein, Chief Scientist on the bridge of S.A. Agulhas II during the expedition to find the wreck of Endurance.
Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust of MarcDe Vos (left), Senior Meteorologist and Oceanographer from South African Weather Service, showing the weather data to Jean-Christope Caillens, Off-Shore Manager, Nico Vincent, Expedition Sub-sea Manager and Lasse Rabenstein, Chief Scientist on the bridge of S.A. Agulhas II during the expedition to find the wreck of Endurance. Photo: Esther Horvath/Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust