{"id":330,"date":"2021-12-03T09:43:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T09:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endurance22.org\/?page_id=330"},"modified":"2024-04-09T10:16:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T10:16:05","slug":"the-expedition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/endurance22.org\/the-expedition","title":{"rendered":"The Expedition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"330\" class=\"elementor elementor-330\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69f93125 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"69f93125\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;\\\/wp-content\\\/themes\\\/endurance22-child\\\/videos\\\/Endurance22-hero-sequence-HD.mp4&quot;,&quot;background_privacy_mode&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container elementor-hidden-phone\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted elementor-html5-video\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a400329\" data-id=\"6a400329\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-afd6882 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"afd6882\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12974378\" data-id=\"12974378\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b47dba7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b47dba7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Endurance22 expedition has brought together world-leading marine archaeologists, engineers, technicians, and sea-ice scientists on S.A. <em>Agulhas II<\/em>, one of the largest and most modern polar research vessels in the world.<\/strong><\/p><p>Organised and funded by <a href=\"https:\/\/fmht.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT)<\/a>, its aims were to attempt to locate, survey and film the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton\u2019s ship <em>Endurance<\/em>, which was trapped and crushed by the ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915.<\/p><p>This unprecedented 35-day mission navigated its way through the heavy sea ice, freezing temperatures and harsh weather of this extreme and forbidding environment, in a quest to be the first to successfully find the Endurance and survey the wreck using state of the art technology.<\/p><p>By uncovering vital new sub-sea data, the expedition hopes to improve our understanding of the Endurance, the sea ice in the Weddell Sea, and to use that knowledge to contribute towards the protection of the wreck. By telling the stories of this expedition and Shackleton\u2019s expedition over one hundred years ago, it hopes to inspire young people about science, engineering, technology and exploration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cdb7a97\" data-id=\"6cdb7a97\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7851ab02 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"7851ab02\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-57e245f7\" data-id=\"57e245f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7373edf8 elementor-cta--tablet-layout-image-left elementor-cta--mobile-layout-image-above elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"7373edf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/endurance22.org\/e22_apps\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-call-to-action.min.css\">\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"\/exploration\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/endurance22.org\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SAAB-Sabertooth-768x432.jpeg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"SAAB Sabertooth AUV | Exploration | Endurance22\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExploration\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Endurance22 expedition used state-of-the-art hybrid Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to search for and survey the wreck of the <i>Endurance<\/i> ship.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExplore More\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-688290e3\" data-id=\"688290e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728aa025 elementor-cta--tablet-layout-image-right elementor-cta--mobile-layout-image-above elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"728aa025\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"\/expedition-team\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/endurance22.org\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220318_Endurance22_EstherHorvath-51-768x512.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"The Endurance22 team gather on the helideck, shortly before S.A. 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with Adelie penguins beside Agulhas II | Endurance22<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fb6322e elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fb6322e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>\u201cAfter two years of meticulous planning for the new mission, I believe we have a great chance of finally finding the wreck deep under the ice of the Weddell Sea, <\/em><em>but only by returning to the same spot will we know just how close we were to finding it previously. <\/em><em>If we do locate Endurance, it will be a fantastic moment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f925cf7 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4f925cf7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232d6493 uael-heading-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-uael-advanced-heading\" data-id=\"232d6493\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"uael-advanced-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-module-content uael-heading-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"uael-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-heading-text elementor-inline-editing uael-size--default\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"heading_title\" data-elementor-inline-editing-toolbar=\"basic\">Interview with expedition leader Dr. John Shears<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-module-content uael-separator-parent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d9067f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d9067f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As part of the Endurance22 education outreach programme, expedition leader Dr John Shears is interviewed, to give us an insight into what&#8217;s involved in planning the mission, the technology that will be used and what will happen during the expedition, which launches in February 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c09b4e2 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c09b4e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>\u201cAfter two years of meticulous planning for the new mission, I believe we have a great chance of finally finding the wreck deep under the ice of the Weddell Sea, <\/em><em>but only by returning to the same spot will we know just how close we were to finding it previously. <\/em><em>If we do locate Endurance, it will be a fantastic moment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56478260 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56478260\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 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uael-separator-parent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d185013 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d185013\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Covering an area of approximately 2.8 million square kilometres between the South Shetland Islands and the continent of Antarctica, the Weddell Sea is among the harshest and most treacherous environments in the world.<\/p><p>Very few ships have ventured into the area in which the Endurance22 expedition has travelled, much of which is dominated by heavy sea ice and massive, permanent ice shelves. 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image-0\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-tooltip-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-tooltip-text uael-tour-inactive\" id=\"uael-tooltip-content-6feb71c7-ddee946\"><h4>Endurance Search Area<\/h4><p>The wreck\u00a0lies under about 3,000 metres (9,843 feet) of water. Click the icon to find out more about the history of the <em>Endurance.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-tour\"><span class=\"uael-actual-step\">1 of 1<\/span><ul><li><a href=\"#0\" class=\"uael-prev-6feb71c7\" data-tooltipid=\"1\">&#171; Previous<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#0\" class=\"uael-next-6feb71c7\" data-tooltipid=\"1\">Next &#187;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6995d446\" data-id=\"6995d446\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-667ecbbc uael-heading-align-left elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-uael-advanced-heading\" data-id=\"667ecbbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"uael-advanced-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-module-content uael-heading-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"uael-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uael-heading-text elementor-inline-editing uael-size--default\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"heading_title\" data-elementor-inline-editing-toolbar=\"basic\">The Endurance Search Area <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-module-content uael-separator-parent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c0cbaa animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c0cbaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Crushed by the ice, the <i>Endurance\u00a0<\/i>went down in 3000m of water on 21 November 1915.\u00a0 Because of overcast conditions, it was not possible to take their position by sextant on the day she sank. The precise location of the <i>Endurance<\/i> was, until now, unknown. 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