CNN —Shipwreck hunters have found the vessel Quest — once captained by renowned Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton — largely intact on the ocean floor, 15 nautical miles off the coast of Canada, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has announced.
Quest carries not only the history of his voyages, but potentially artifacts from expeditions that continued until 1962, when the vessel sank, experts say.
Quest sank on May 5, 1962, after being crushed by ice in the Labrador Sea off of Canada, according to the news release.
The Quest sank on May 5, 1962, after being crushed by ice in the Labrador Sea off of Canada.
“He’s just an excellent example of a leader who made himself and his team capable of making the impossible possible.”It is noteworthy that a handful of men on Shackleton’s Quest expedition were also on Endurance’s expedition turned survival mission, Koehn said.
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