Shackleton was on what would have been his fourth expedition to Antarctica when he died at age 47 aboard the Quest.
Explorers were excited to find the US vessel famed for a heroic final stand against the Japanese.
As the Colombian navy was monitoring the secret site recently, they chanced upon two new historical shipwrecks in the area with tons of treasures to be found.
Finding Shackleton’s historic shipwreck is the highlight of Mensun Bound’s career, with successes that have earned him the nickname ‘the Indiana Jones of the Deep’.
It is a very proud moment for the SA Agulhas II icebreaker ship that left Cape Town in early February for the Endurance22 expedition.
On its way to find the lost treasure, the SA Agulhas II became trapped between pack ice “stretching out to the horizon” on Sunday.
You can track the South African icebreaker ship that departed Cape Town on Saturday as it heads out on its quest to locate Sir Ernest Shackleton’s sunken ship.
107 years ago, renowned polar explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton set out with his crew aboard the Endurance, a ship that is now somewhere at the bottom of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.
A South Korean salvage team has hit the jackpot, finding a Russian warship sunk 113 years ago. There is quite a bounty on board.
A group of models have hit a new low, literally, as Van Wong, an engineer-turned-photographer, has executed an incredible photoshoot among the shipwrecks and seaweed of the ocean floor.