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**A Legendary Ship With a Fatal Secret: New Study Challenges the Myth of Endurance**
By Aalto University - Published on 20 March 2026
A new scientific investigation challenges long-held assumptions about Shackleton’s Endurance, revealing that the ship may never have been suited for the extreme Antarctic conditions it faced. Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, was trapped and crushed by Antarctic sea ice before sinking in November 1915. A defining symbol of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, the [...]
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