Shackleton's ship Endurance found...

[Brian N]

Over 100 years sitting on the bottom of the ocean, over 3000 meters down, and it looks remarkably well preserved!

Ernest Shackleton’s wrecked ship found off coast of Antarctica

Expedition team locates wreckage of explorer’s ship which sank in Weddell Sea in 1915

www.theguardian.com

Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance found – in pictures

Wreck of polar explorer’s ship discovered off coast of Antarctica 100 years after his death

www.theguardian.com

 

[getakey]

I saw that. Very well preserved

 

[Brian N]

I saw that. Very well preserved

It looks like you could pull it to the surface and set sail!

 

[Radioactive]

Over 100 years sitting on the bottom of the ocean, over 3000 meters down, and it looks remarkably well preserved!

Cold temps and low oxygen tends to preserve deep wrecks.

Still, very interesting.

 

[PascalG]

No worms in that freezing water !

 

[RobertV]

Thanks for sharing! Interesting to hear that the crew survived as well.

 

[getakey]

Thanks for sharing! Interesting to hear that the crew survived as well.

and it took 2 years!

 

[GeeBee]

Not unlike the Vasa in Stockholm harbor. Cold water and lack of worms left it well preserved. Once you raise it to the surface and expose it to air, it deteriorates very fast without preservation. They showered the Vasa for years with propylene glycol and it displaced the water and oxygen to preserve the wood. The wood now has a waxy finish to it, looks almost like plastic, but it is indeed the original.