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Waiting to be discovered. Rebecca morelle, bbc news. The headlines on bbc news. Downing street insists borisjohnson is still in control after another tory mp calls on him to go, and the resignation of a fifth downing st adviser. A spectacle in beijing to mark the opening of the Winter Olympics but fewer World Leaders attend because of claims of Human Rights Abuses by president xis government. A Court Orders Checks on food and agricultural goods from britain to Northern Ireland must continue for now. Now on bbc news, its time for newswatch. Hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed....

But by mid january the ship was frozen fast in the ice. after drifting for months with the crew on board an order was eventually given to abandon ship. the endurance sank on november 21, 1915. the location was recorded. the objects that were rescued from the sinking endurance give a sense of what life was like on board. this is the sextant, crucial for navigating and over here is a box of chocolates that was used as a payment between crew for doing chores like darning socks. and up here, unbelievably, is a piece of the mast. probably the only relic of the ship that is not at the bottom of the ...

It will hunt for the wreck using the coordinates recorded by shackleton�*s crew. the endurance lies 3,000 metres down, so the true will use underwater robots kitted out with sonar and cameras. the hope is that the wreck will be well preserved by the icy water and lack of organisms eating away at the wood. the objects that were rescued from the sinking endurance really give you a sense of what life was like on board. this is the sextant, crucial for navigating, and over here is a box of chocolates that was used as a payment between the crew for doing chores like darning socks. and up here, un...

Its exact location, though, was recorded, and this is where the search will begin. the agulhas ii is the icebreaker taking on that challenge. underwater robots kitted out with sonar and cameras will hunt for the wreck 3000 metres down. the hope is it's well preserved by the icy water. shackleton�*s expedition diary was saved before the endurance sank. "she went today. 5pm. she went down by the head. the stern, the cause of all the trouble, was the last to go underwater. i cannot write about it." you can read about how it was creaking. they talk to her, talk about her as a personality. there'...