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 NERFINISHED
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED
Weddell Sea party NERFINISHED
beam 25 ft
7.6 m
builder Framnaes Mekaniske Vaerksted NERFINISHED
builtIn Sandefjord NERFINISHED
builtInCountry Norway NERFINISHED
commander Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
fate crushed by pack ice
flag United Kingdom NERFINISHED
homePort London NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
namedAfter motto of Ernest Shackleton
notableEvent crushed and sunk without loss of life
trapped in Antarctic pack ice in 1915
originalName Polaris NERFINISHED
ownerDuringExpedition Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED
propulsion coal-fired steam engine
sail
riggingType barquentine
sankDate 1915-11-21
sankLocation Weddell Sea NERFINISHED
sankRegion Antarctica NERFINISHED
sankYear 1915
survivalOutcome all crew survived the loss of the ship
tonnage 350 GRT
usedFor Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED
wreckCondition remarkably well preserved
wreckDiscovered true
wreckDiscoveryDate 2022-03-05
wreckDiscoveryLocation Weddell Sea seafloor

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