polar exploration
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Shipwreck From Historic Shackleton Expedition Found After 107 Years
An international expedition has finally found the wreck of Endurance, a British ship that got hopelessly stuck in the dense ice pack and sank in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 1915.
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Antarctic Exploration Vessel Which Should Be Named Boaty McBoatface But Tragically Isn’t Launches
The RSS Sir David Attenborough — the polar exploration vessel that, in April 2016, participants in an internet poll overwhelmingly voted to christen Boaty McBoatface — launched on Saturday, with defensive research officials still defending their decision to override the results of the vote.