This short film could be used as a starting point for a topic focused on the polar regions, or Scott himself. with a # are of 1914-1917, better known by the name of the ship involved, WebBBC World News. The same safe and trusted content for explorers of all ages. Scientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank.The Endurance, the lost vessel of Antarctic explore. Shackleton, who was born in Ireland, is renowned for ensuring that not a single man on his ship Endurance died after it was trapped in early 1915 and sank about 10 months later, After months spent in makeshift camps, the crew took to three lifeboats to reach the inhospitable and uninhabited Elephant Island, Shackleton and five others then made an 800-mile open-boat journey to reach South Georgia, crossing the island on foot to raise the alarm and find a ship to rescue those still stranded, On the fourth attempt, he returned to Elephant Island to rescue them all. This was the first long-distance sledge journey into Antarctica. (adsbygoogle = window.ads Read more. They spent 281 days on board waiting for the ice to break again, but the boat was slowly crushed to pieces.