# Shackleton's Antarctic ship "Endurance" found **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-antarctic-ship-endurance-found/960741 "2022-03-09T10:01:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-antarctic-ship-endurance-found/960741/61 "2022-03-12T14:41:42Z")
…as well as _Yorktown_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-antarctic-ship-endurance-found/960741/62 "2022-03-12T19:45:36Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Nope. Their voyage was made 1907-1909 > > [Great White Fleet - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_White_Fleet) > > The United Fruit Company’s freighters were also nicknamed [“the Great White Fleet”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company#The_Great_White_Fleet) Take a closer look at your original spelling… and mine. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-antarctic-ship-endurance-found/960741/63 "2022-03-12T19:48:46Z")
My apologies. As a D&D geek, I should have noticed that. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-antarctic-ship-endurance-found/960741/64 "2022-03-12T21:20:47Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > The 2000 George Butler documentary _The Endurance_ quotes the whaler who answered Shackleton’s knock on the door: _“Who the Hell are you?”_ Has anyone else seen the follow up from 2001, _[Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shackleton%27s_Antarctic_Adventure)_? In addition to being a really delightful documentary, it also led to me feeling bad for a complete stranger. You see, in the first half of this film there’s a fair amount of footage of the crew playing with a bunch of dogs they’d brought with them. The adults in the audience were able to put two and two together between all of Shackleton’s men survived ↔ the dogs are no longer mentioned, but as we left the IMAX theater a little boy of about 8 turned to his dad and asked “But Dad, what happened to the dogs?” Awkward. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-antarctic-ship-endurance-found/960741/65 "2022-03-12T21:33:45Z")
Shackleton shot the cat, too! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-antarctic-ship-endurance-found/960741/66 "2022-03-12T23:46:41Z")
That’s true; one night, Mrs. Chippy soup was on the menu. The best known book about this expedition is now on the best-seller list. > **[Endurance: Alfred Lansing, Nathaniel Philbrick: 2015465062881: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/0465062881)** > > Endurance \[Alfred Lansing, Nathaniel Philbrick\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Endurance ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-antarctic-ship-endurance-found/960741/67 "2024-06-12T22:26:15Z")
Another ship of his has been found [although it sank a long time after he died] > **[Wreck of the last ship of famed Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton found off the...](https://apnews.com/article/shipwreck-explorer-shackleton-canada-quest-1b814ad4f88806980d687eeb7dce466b)** > > The wreck of the last ship belonging to a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-antarctic-ship-endurance-found/960741/68 "2024-10-16T16:35:26Z")
A new documentary coming up: > **[Stunning details of iconic shipwreck Endurance revealed in never-before-seen...](https://www.aol.com/details-iconic-shipwreck-revealed-never-114500414.html)** > > "Endurance" features thousands of 3D scans shot by a 4K camera deployed to a depth of nearly 10,000 feet. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-antarctic-ship-endurance-found/960741/69 "2025-10-06T21:01:59Z")
Some interesting new information has been discovered about the ship: > **[Here’s the real reason Endurance sank](https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/heres-the-real-reason-endurance-sank/)** > > The ship wasn’t designed to withstand the powerful ice compression forces—and Shackleton knew it. And the actual scientific article: > **[Why did endurance sink? | Polar Record | Cambridge Core](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/why-did-endurance-sink/6CC2C2D56087035A94DEB50930B81980)** > > Why did endurance sink? - Volume 61 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-antarctic-ship-endurance-found/960741/70 "2025-10-06T21:27:35Z")
I’m pretty sure that we already knew that from either Shackleton’s book, or from other writings by him. I’ve read his book, but can’t recall if that was in there (been too long). Honestly, I’d be surprised if any ship of the day could bear up under that relentless crushing pressure. The ocean bottom is littered with exploration ships that were thought to be able to weather the ice, both north and south. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-antarctic-ship-endurance-found/960741.md?page=3)