
Legendary Shipwreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Discovered in Antarctic Waters
The discovery of the wreck is “a milestone in polar history,” says the director of the search for it
Tom Metcalfe is a freelance journalist and regular Live Science contributor who is based in London in the United Kingdom.
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