Endurance

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Endurance was the wooden polar exploration ship commanded by Ernest Shackleton during his famed Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, remembered for being crushed by Antarctic pack ice and the crew’s remarkable survival story.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf barquentine
polar exploration vessel
ship
associatedWith Ernest Shackleton
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Weddell Sea party
beam 25 ft
7.6 m
builder Framnaes Mekaniske Vaerksted
builtIn Sandefjord
builtInCountry Norway
commander Ernest Shackleton
constructionMaterial wood
crewEvacuation crew abandoned ship onto sea ice
crewSizeApproximate 28 men
designedFor polar conditions
draft 15 ft
4.6 m
expedition Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
fate crushed by pack ice
flag United Kingdom
homePort London
linked to: London, England
hullFeature heavily strengthened hull
rounded hull form to resist ice pressure
launchDate 1912-12-17
launchYear 1912
legacy symbol of leadership and survival under extreme conditions
lengthOverall 144 ft
43.9 m
mottoSource By endurance we conquer
name Endurance
namedAfter motto of Ernest Shackleton
notableEvent crushed and sunk without loss of life
trapped in Antarctic pack ice in 1915
originalName Polaris
ownerDuringExpedition Ernest Shackleton
propulsion coal-fired steam engine
sail
riggingType barquentine
sankDate 1915-11-21
sankLocation Weddell Sea
sankRegion Antarctica
sankYear 1915
survivalOutcome all crew survived the loss of the ship
tonnage 350 GRT
usedFor Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
wreckCondition remarkably well preserved
wreckDiscovered true
wreckDiscoveryDate 2022-03-05
wreckDiscoveryLocation Weddell Sea seafloor

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Ernest Shackleton shipCommanded Endurance
Romilly servesOn Endurance
Endurance Expedition flagship Endurance
Endurance name Endurance
Frank Worsley commanded Endurance
Perce Blackborow ship Endurance
Charles Green shipServedOn Endurance
Tom Crean shipServedOn Endurance
Lionel Greenstreet shipServedOn Endurance
J.D. Roth notableWork Endurance
Endurance (ship) name Endurance
Voronwë notableTrait Endurance