The wreck of the Endurance, the long-lost ship of early 20th century polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, has been discovered 3km beneath the Weddell Sea, 107 years after it was crushed by sea ice and sank.
AG’s editor in chief and a band of AG subscribers enjoyed an Antarctic adventure in March 2017 exploring many of the historic sites associated with Ernest Shackleton’s epic escape from Elephant Island in 1916.
Mawson, David and Mackay braved frostbite, starvation and 2028km of difficult Antarctic terrain to reach the South Magnetic Pole.
Artefacts of early Antarctic exploration continue to be uncovered as the snow slowly reveals its secret treasures
Tim Jarvis retraced the 1916 attempt by six men to save their crew on one of the world’s most inhospitable islands.