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Ernest Shackleton's Lost Shipwreck Found After 100 Years

09/03/2022 06:04 PM | Click to read full article

The crew managed to escape by camping on the sea ice until it ruptured. Photographs of the expedition showed South Africa's Agulhas II icebreaker surrounded by ice, with crew lifted by crane over the frozen sea.

The team used underwater search drones known as Sabertooths, built by Saab, which dove beneath the ice into the farthest depths of the Weddell Sea.

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