Environment Animals Wildlife Fish The quest to find Shackleton's ship uncovered an Antarctic mystery Beneath the ice, an underwater robot discovered something far stranger than the'Endurance' shipwreck. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The Antarctic Ocean's brutal conditions ultimately doomed Ernest Shackleton's famed 1915 expedition aboard the . Although the icy environment has quickly turned fatal for many unfortunate explorers, it's not an entirely inhospitable place . While attempting to locate Shackleton's sunken ship in 2019, researchers unexpectedly documented a strange sight-a sprawling, geometric complex of over 1,000 icefish nests .

Ernest Shackleton knew'Endurance' had shortcomings, new study says Issues with the ship's hull, deck beams, and more show the ship was no match for Antarctic sea ice. The'Endurance' leaning to one side, during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-17, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. For almost 110 years, the has rested at the bottom of the icy waters of the Antarctic's Weddell Sea . Long held as the poster ship for Antarctic exploration, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated ship was no match for the crushing sea ice that sank it in November 1915 .

Its discovery 3,000 metres beneath the Antarctic ice in 2022 was nothing short of miraculous. But now, stunning images make it possible to see Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, like never before. Released as part of a new documentary called Endurance, this model shows exactly what the ship would have looked like before it was lost to the ice in 1915. From plates used for the daily meals to the flare gun fired in tribute to the sinking ship, the scan reveals the minute details of life aboard Endurance. Nico Vincent, of Deep Ocean Search who developed the technology for the scan, told the BBC: 'It's absolutely fabulous.

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In this paper we introduce Shackleton as a generalized framework enabling the application of linear genetic programming -- a technique under the umbrella of evolutionary algorithms -- to a variety of use cases. We also explore here a novel application for this class of methods: optimizing sequences of LLVM optimization passes. The algorithm underpinning Shackleton is discussed, with an emphasis on the effects of different features unique to the framework when applied to LLVM pass sequences. Combined with analysis of different hyperparameter settings, we report the results on automatically optimizing pass sequences using Shackleton for two software applications at differing complexity levels. Finally, we reflect on the advantages and limitations of our current implementation and lay out a path for further improvements. These improvements aim to surpass hand-crafted solutions with an automatic discovery method for an optimal pass sequence.

The expedition to find the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance is set to sail next month, it was announced today on the centenary of the polar explorer's death. Endurance was one of two ships used by the Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition of 1914–1917, which hoped to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic. Carrying an expedition crew of 28 men, the 144-foot-long Endurance was a three-masted schooner barque sturdily built for operations in polar waters. Aiming to land at Vahsel Bay, the vessel became stuck in pack ice on the Weddell Sea on January 18, 1915 -- where she and her crew would remain for many months. In late October, however, a drop in temperature from 42 F to -14 F saw the ice pack begin to steadily crush the Endurance, which finally sank on November 21, 1915.

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Antarctic scientists seeking to locate the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's lost ship, the Endurance, have arrived at the search site. The team broke through thick pack ice on Sunday to reach the vessel's last known position in the Weddell Sea. Robotic submersibles will now spend the next few days scouring the ocean floor for the maritime icon. Shackleton and his crew had to abandon Endurance in 1915 when it was crushed by sea ice and sank in 3,000m of water. Their escape across the frozen floes on foot and in lifeboats is an extraordinary story that has resonated down through the years - and makes the wooden polar yacht perhaps the most sought-after of all undiscovered wrecks.

A scientific expedition in the Antarctic has set out on a quest to find Sir Ernest Shackleton's lost ship. The team has spent the past two weeks investigating the Larsen C Ice Shelf and the continent's biggest iceberg, known as A68. And this puts it just a few hundred km from the last recorded position of the famous British explorer's vessel, the Endurance. The polar steam-yacht was crushed in sea-ice and sank in November 1915. Shackleton's extraordinary escape from this loss, saving his crew, means there is considerable interest in finding the wreck.

A team of scientists will for the first time search the wreck of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's doomed ship that was crushed in ice more than 100 years ago. Scientists on board the SA Agulhas II will leave for the Weddell Sea in Antarctica on New Year's day and head towards the Larsen C ice shelf. The team want to find and search Shackleton's lost Endurance vessel, which sank in 1915, with robotic submarines and drones. As part of one of the most ambitious polar expeditions in recent years, the scientists will also try and discover why a trillion tonne iceberg the size of Northumberland broke off the ice shelf and floated 28 miles (45km) last year. The team of experts, technicians and researchers are travelling to the region to study what pressures the shelf is under and what life survives in the extreme conditions.