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More than 100 years ago, the ship Endurance fell to the deep sea in Antarctica (南极洲). Now it has been found. It was nearly 10,000 feet under the Weddell Sea.

In August, 1914, Ernest Shackleton led a team to Antarctica. He was planning to cross it. He started from England on the Endurance. In Antarctica, the ship got stuck in sea ice on January 24th. They tried their best to save the ship. They did whatever they could. Ten months later, the ice broke it. Endurance went down and down and finally disappeared under the sea ice. But luckily, all the team members were all right.

Nearly 107 years later, the ship has been found. Mensun Bound told the reporters that the ship is still in good condition. He’s a director of the search team for Endurance. The finding was made known to the public on March 9, 2022. “This is by far the finest wooden shipwreck (失事船只) I have ever seen,” Bound says.

Researchers used underwater drones (无人机) to search for Endurance. It took more than two weeks.

“In a way, we have made history with the discovery of Endurance,” says John Shears, who led the search.

Endurance will be protected as a historic place. There are no plans to raise it.