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In the dark, freezing ocean under Antarctica's largest ice shelf, we discovered a thriving microbial jungle

Antarctica represents one of the last frontiers for discoveries on Earth. Our focus is on what lies beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica’s massive wedge of floating ice that shelters the southern-most extension of the Southern Ocean.

The Conversation

How Ernest Shackleton's whisky was rediscovered nearly 100 years on under his Antarctic base camp

The intrepid explorer took the whisky with him to bolster his team's spirits on their quest to reach the South Pole.

Daily Record

Crew Successfully Completes ‘World’s Most Challenging Shipwreck Search’

Photos captured by the Antarctic expedition show incredible detail for a shipwreck over 100 years old.

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The Wreck Of The Endurance, Shackleton's 1915 Ice-Crushed Vessel, Found Off Antarctica

The remains of one of the world’s most famous shipwrecks, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s doomed Antarctic exploration vessel The Endurance, has been located 107 years after it went down.

Benzinga

Lost and found: the extraordinary story of Shackleton’s Endurance epic

Vessel located more than a century after it sank on voyage of exploration in the Antarctic

The Guardian - UK

What happened to Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship the Endurance?

Polar explorer left stranded with 27 crew in wastes of Antarctica in 1915 after vessel trapped in pack ice

The Independent UK

Wrecks, worms and wood: a scientific legacy of Shackleton’s Endurance

“I have been thinking much of our prospects,” Ernest Shackleton wrote in the austral spring of 1915, adrift in the Weddell Sea pack ice. Much of the same thinking crossed my mind in February 2018, when I awoke my cabin mate Thomas on the UK research ship James Clark Ross…

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Who is Ernest Shackleton? True story of Endurance expedition as wreck found in Antarctica

The wreck of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance ship has been found. Shackleton's expedition has been retold as an incredible tale of survival for over 100 years, but his lost ship had never been found - until now

Daily Mirror

Ernest Shackleton's Endurance found on Antarctica seabed solving 107 year mystery

Pack ice in the Weddell Sea forced Shackleton and co to abandon ship

Dublin Live

The brave Glasgow moggy who served as ship's cat aboard Endurance before it sank

Endurance was crushed by sea-ice over 100 years ago, left to sink into the waters of the Antarctic - though the crew, both human and feline - are remembered today.

Glasgow Live

Irish pubs: The bar that connects Kerry to Antarctica thanks to a Crean and Shackleton connection

Renowned explorer Tom Crean was born in the Kerry village and went on the buy the South Pole Inn after his exploits in Antarctica

Irish Mirror

Endurance: Who was Ernest Shackleton, what is the history of the ship and why is the discovery so important?

Scientists have found one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks after it sank in the Antarctic 107 years ago, in what has been labelled the “world’s most challenging shipwreck search”.

Evening Standard

Antarctic explorer Shackleton's ship found after a century

Scientists say they have found the sunken wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, more than a century after it was lost to the Antarctic ice

The Independent UK

Ernest Shackleton's lost ship Endurance found 107 years after sinking off Antarctica

This is one of history's most famous shipwrecks.

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The Independent UK

Endurance: Stunning underwater footage of Shackleton’s lost ship as it was discovered at bottom of the ocean

Ship is found more than 100 years after it sunk off the coast of Antarctica

Daily Record

Endurance mystery solved as Ernest Shackleton's ship FOUND in freezing Antarctica waters

The vessell had not been seen since it was crushed by sea ice and sunk more than 100 years ago.

Irish Mirror

Mystery of Kildare man Ernest Shackleton's lost ship Endurance solved after 100 years as wreck found

The Irish explorer and his crew set out to achieve the first land crossing of Antarctica, but Endurance did not reach land and became trapped in dense pack ice, forcing the 28 men on board to eventually abandon ship

The Independent UK

Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance found 107 years after it sank in Antarctic

Expedition director hails find of largely intact vessel as ‘milestone in polar history’

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Wales Online

Shackleton's lost ship Endurance found in Antarctic after 107 years

"This is a milestone in polar history"

Daily Mirror

Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance FOUND off Antarctica coast after more than 100 years

Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, not seen since it was crushed by sea ice and sunk off the coast of Antarctica, has been found intact and is 'by far the finest wooden shipwreck'

The Independent UK

Royal Navy’s icebreaker ship provides support to Ukrainian Antarctic scientists

HMS Protector handed over welcome supplies of fresh food to 21 scientists from Ukraine.

Zenger

VIDEO: US Coast Guard Cutter Sets New Record For Southernmost Voyage In Antarctica

The Polar Star, commissioned in 1976, breaks its old record by reaching the Bay of Whales on Feb. 17.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Seals Help Japanese Researchers Collect Data under Antarctic Ice

A seal wearing a helmet with an antenna might look unusual, but eight Weddell seals, each with a 580g monitoring device on their heads, have been helping Japanese researchers survey the waters under the thick ice sheet in Antarctica. Tapped for a research project between March and November 2017 -…

The Conversation

Dead dogs, leaking oil drums, batteries: Antarctica's abandoned waste gets funding boost to kickstart the clean up

Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field.

Reuters

In Antarctica, does a burgeoning krill fishery threaten wildlife?

A humpback whale, likely lured by a trawling net capturing masses of Antarctic krill, became entangled last month and died in the Southern Ocean. Three dead juveniles were caught in the same company's krill nets last year.

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