SUNEXCL Remarkable footage shows Explorer Shackleton’s lost ship in 3D
THE shipwreck from Ernest Shackleton's doomed Antarctic expedition in 1914 has been revealed in new detail through 3D scans.3D scans and underwater photographs reveal contents of the ship that have survived the decay of timeThe images and scans have been unveiled ahead of a documentary premiering 1 November on the journey to find the lost shipwreckKitchenware like plates, crates, pots and pans have all survived.
Ernest Henry Shackleton was born on February 15, 1874, in County Kildare, Ireland, where his father was a doctor.They got closer than anyone had come before, but Shackleton fell seriously ill and had to return home. Before it sank, the ship sat atop the ice, while Shackleton and his crew of 27 men camped beside it for months, before escaping to Elephant Island.
They used a lifeboat named the James Caird which they adapted for the 800 mile journey across the treacherous seas of the South Atlantic.
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