at the site where ernest shackleton lost his ship
a century ago the team sent to find it has a tough call to make
their final attempt to locate their multi-million dollar au visa has failed
we got there and we could not establish communication
and we started realizing it it's not here without the auv the hunt for the wreck is over
it hurt you know
the auv could be anywhere it's lightly out of battery
and temperatures are dropping fast
the ice flows that have trapped them twice in the last 48 hours are closing in
if they don't get out soon the ice could trap them for weeks just like the endurance
captain bengu makes the call
i personally feel we've we've done exceptionally well under circumstances i think we just
accept and let go we are at the end of the season now this is where the ice starts forming first
and yeah we should certainly get out of this area well antarctica is a tough
cookie to crack shackleton figured that out obviously we're figuring it out the antarctic
has already cost the team one of their auv subs and destroyed their underwater robot
we came down with bigger better technology
but the same rules that shackleton was playing by still apply today
you know mother nature you know at some point puts her foot down and lets you know who's boss
the ice still rules the ice is still the king and you have no choice you're merely there trying
to do the best you can for now the secret of shackleton's lost ship remains locked in the auv
hidden beneath the ice the av could be anywhere at this point it's likely that it's it's buoyant
and floating under the ice that information that's on that auv could hold the secret of the endurance
we were always up against the ice that was always the enemy for us just as it was for shackleton
and yeah it's beating us also
the loss of the endurance a century ago turned shackleton into a legend
shackleton resonates today because of keeping his men together keeping morale up
doing the impossible and then saving them that's endurance
whenever i'm out there in a tricky situation climbing or where things might not be going my way
i take a bit of shackleton and i plug it in and i'm like yeah sir ernest shackleton
he would persevere and that is the power of shackleton's story
on the hunt for shackleton's wreck the crew has battled the same conditions faced by the endurance
broken through to one of the most remote places on the planet
and explored for the first time the ship's final resting ground on the sea floor
for the expedition getting this close to the wreck is a major feat of exploration
and while the onset of winter marks the end of this season the team plans to return if
there's an opportunity to come back and search for it again i'm going to be first on the list
hopefully we find the auv and the shackleton ship in the same spot
i always said this was the greatest wreck hunt that there's ever been
and still is i mean somewhere beneath my feet is the endurance and you know what it isn't over yet
they're talking about going back to the moon so why not go back to the weddell sea to be able to
go down and find it and locate it and document it would be a closure for this whole endurance story
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