BBCNEWS BBC News at One February 4, 2022 11:17:00
It's a really vicious, lethal environment. the agulhas ii is the icebreaker taking on that challenge? it will hunt for the wreck using the coordinates recorded by shackleton's crew. using the coordinates recorded the endurance lies 3,000 metres down, so the team 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 â...