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What happened to Ernest Shackletonâs ship Endurance in the Weddell Sea?
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Paradise Bay, Antarctica.
During the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914â1917), the ship Endurance became trapped in pack ice off the coast of Antarctica in the Weddell Sea on January 18, 1915.123
The vessel drifted with the ice for 10 months before it was ultimately crushed by the pressure of the pack ice. Following the destruction of the ship, the crew survived by drifting on ice floes for five months before successfully escaping in boats to Elephant Island. Despite the loss of the Endurance, Ernest Shackleton led a remarkable rescue effort, and every member of the crew survived the ordeal.132