Ernest Shackleton Tapestries

Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The ship, originally named Polaris, was built at Framnæs shipyard and launched in 1912 from Sandefjord in Norway. After her commissioners could no longer pay the shipyard, the ship was bought by Shackleton in January 1914 for the expedition, which would be her first voyage. A year later, she became trapped in pack ice and finally sank in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica on 21 November 1915. All of the crew survived her sinking and were eventually rescued in 1916 after using the ship's boats to travel to Elephant Island.

The wreck of Endurance was discovered on 5 March 2022. Endurance22 announced, in a 9 March 2022 press release, that they had successfully found the wreck in the Weddell Sea at a depth of 9,869 feet. It was about 4 miles south of Worsley's original calculated location. Mensun Bound, the expedition’s director of exploration, said that Worsley's navigational skills had helped the expedition find the wreck; his historic "detailed records were invaluable". Additionally, sea ice, which covers the Weddell Sea year-round and has historically been so thick as to make underwater exploration nearly impossible, was recorded as being at its lowest levels around Antarctica since space satellite records began being kept in the 1970s.

Men wanted for dangerous expedition...

This sailing gift for sailors, is prized sailboat apparel for ocean adventurers and expeditions. Great if interested in Ernest Shackleton and his adventures around Antarctica, South Georgia Islands & Falkland Islands. This perfect sailors gift for Captains, Skippers, First-mates or Crew is a prized sailing accessory. Whether its sailing gear for men or women it'll become a favorite sailors t-shirt gift. An ideal birthday gift for sailors, a sailors Christmas gift, or sailors Fathers day gift, or even a sailors Mothers day gift. A special sailboat gift for the Captain or crew, or just your own special sail boat treat, because... Y Knot!

The most amazing adventure story ever, the Shackleton expedition trhat went so wrong.