An Expedition to find the wreck of Shackleton's Endurance The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT) is planning an expedition - Endurance22 - to locate, survey and film the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's iconic ship, Endurance, which sank in the Weddell Sea in November 1915. News provided by Share this article Share this article LONDON, July 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sir Ernest Shackleton, the renowned polar explorer, died on 5 January 1922 in Grytviken, South Georgia. 100 years later, the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (fmht.co.uk), which in 2019 organised the successful search for the flagship of the German fleet sunk in the Battle of the Falklands in 1914, is planning an expedition to sail from Cape Town in February 2022 to locate, survey and film the wreck of his ship,