‘The Antarctic is the last frontier’: the quest to save Shackleton’s Endurance

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The ship's wheel and the stern of the Endurance seen intact under the sea with different creatures on the rails, chains and cables
The Antarctic seabed’s near-freezing conditions have helped keep the wreck intact for more than a century, providing a reef for wildlife. But that is likely to change as the oceans warm, with a wood-eating lobster possibly colonising the wreck. Photograph: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/National Georgraphic/PA
The Antarctic seabed’s near-freezing conditions have helped keep the wreck intact for more than a century, providing a reef for wildlife. But that is likely to change as the oceans warm, with a wood-eating lobster possibly colonising the wreck. Photograph: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/National Georgraphic/PA
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‘The Antarctic is the last frontier’: the quest to save Shackleton’s Endurance

Amid fears the wreck will be more accessible to explorers – and new species – as the climate warms, conservationists want to create the region’s first underwater protected area

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Karen McVeigh
Karen McVeigh
Mon 15 Jun 2026 08.00 CEST
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The harsh temperatures, treacherous currents and shifting pack ice of the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea, which crushed and sank his ship, Endurance,

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