Amid fears the wreck will be more accessible to explorers – and new species – as the climate warms, conservationists want to create the region’s first underwater protected area ...

Chemicals found inside two of Antarctica's most important historical sites, Earnest Shackleton's and Robert Falcon Scott's ...

Researchers have discovered the remarkably well-preserved wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, in 10,000 feet (about 3,000 metres) of icy water, a century after it was ...

The recent discovery of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance has thrust his epic tale of Antarctic survival into the limelight once again. The story still resonates with readers more than a century ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Not all shipwrecked treasure glitters. Some’s frozen where nobody dares to look.” A twinkle in his eye, marine archaeologist ...

EXCLUSIVE: The only granddaughter of the legendary Anglo-Irish explorer tells the story of her granddad's incredible escape as the Endurance plunged to its watery grave. "I was used to people always ...

After more than 100 years hidden in the icy waters of Antarctica, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance has been revealed in extraordinary 3D detail. For the first time we can see the vessel, which ...

Legend has it that Antarctic adventurer Ernest Shackleton posted an advertisement in a London paper before his infamous Endurance expedition: “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, ...