A broken rudder wasn’t what doomed the Endurance, new analysis suggests

When explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, got trapped in pack ice, a broken rudder was blamed. New analysis suggests ...

New Study Reveals Why the Endurance Sank

British polar explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton established his place in the annals of history after ensuring the survival ...

Researcher rewrites the history of one of the world’s most famous shipwrecks 110 years later

Endurance was made in Norway three years before the trip and originally named Polaris. The 144-foot-long wooden ship was sold ...

The real reasons Endurance sank—study finds Shackleton knew of ship's shortcomings

Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, was crushed by Antarctic sea ice and sank in November 1915. Emblematic of the heroic ...

Shackleton's sunken polar ship may have been weaker than thought

Sir Ernest Shackleton's polar ship, Endurance, was considered to be the strongest of its time but the vessel had significant ...

Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice

On Oct. 27, 1915, after being caught and crushed by packed ice for nine months in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica, Ernest ...
The New York Times

The Polar Explorer, and Scammer, Who Should Be an American Hero

Ms. Rosenberg is a writer who focuses on polar exploration and fandom culture. We don’t have national heroes anymore. When we put public figures up on pedestals today, it’s not always about their ...
WKYC3

Bitcoin investor buys an entire SpaceX flight for the ultimate polar adventure

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday night on the first rocket ride to carry people over the North and South ...