The harsh temperatures, treacherous currents and shifting pack ice of the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea, which crushed and sank his ship, Endurance,
‘The Antarctic is the last frontier’: the quest to save Shackleton’s Endurance

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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
Mon 15 Jun 2026 08.00 CEST
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