Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's lost ship, The Endurance, was found at the bottom of the Weddell Sea over the weekend.
The ship was crushed by sea-ice and sank in 1915, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a surprise escape on foot and in small boats.
The video of the remains shows Dheeraj in remarkable condition.
Even though it has been sitting in 3 km (10,000 ft) of water for more than a century, it appears to have gone down on a November day.
Its woods, though interrupted, are still very close together, and the name - endurance - is clearly visible on the stern.
“Without exaggeration this is the best wooden ship I have ever seen – so far,” said marine archaeologist Mensun Bound, who is on an exploration expedition and now pursuing a dream ambition in his nearly 50-year career. has completed.
"It is straight, proud of the seashore, intact, and in a splendid state of conservation," he told MahariyanNews.
The project to find the lost ship was carried out by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT) using a South African icebreaker, the Agulhas II, and equipped with remotely operated submarines.
The mission's leader, veteran polar geographer Dr. John Shears, described the moment the crews landed, named after the ship, as "jaw-dropping".
"The discovery of the wreck is an incredible achievement," he said.
"We've successfully completed the world's toughest shipwreck search, battling relentless sea-ice, blizzards, and temperatures dropping to -18C. We've achieved what many said impossible Was."
Where was the ship found?
Dheeraj was observed in the Weddell Sea at a depth of 3,008 m.
For more than two weeks, Subas searched a predetermined search area, examining various interesting targets, before finally uncovering the site of the wreck on Saturday - the 100th anniversary of Shackleton's funeral. The days following the discovery have been spent making a detailed photographic record of the wood and the surrounding rubble area.
The wreck itself is a designated monument under the International Antarctic Treaty and should not be disturbed in any way. Hence no physical artifacts are brought to the surface.
What can the sub see?
The ship looks much the same as it was last photographed in 1915 by Shackleton's filmmaker, Frank Hurley. The masts are down, the rigging is a tad confused, but the rudder is roughly consistent. Some damage is evident at the bow, probably where the landing ships hit the sea floor. Anchors are there. Later members also spied some shoes and crockery.
"You can also see the name of the ship - ENDURANCE - embossed on its stern directly under the TAFARAIL (a hand rail near the stern). And below, bold like the brass, is Polaris, the five-pointed star , after which the ship was originally named," Manson Bound said.
He said, "I tell you, you must be made of stone to see that star and the name above, not that star."
"You can see a porthole that is Shackleton's cabin. At that point, you really feel the great man's breath on the back of your neck."
What life was associated with the ship?
Interestingly, the rubble has been colonized by an abundance of life - but not the kind that would consume it.
Deep-sea polar biologist Dr Michelle Taylor commented, "There appears to be little wood degradation, noting that the wood-munching animals found in other areas of our ocean are, perhaps unsurprisingly, forests." -are not in free Antarctic territory." University of Essex.
"The Endurance, resembling a ghost ship, is sprinkled with an impressive variety of deep-sea marine life - stalked sea squirts, anemones, sponges of various forms, brittlestars, and crinoids (related to urchins and sea stars). ), all filter feeding nutrition from the cold deep waters of the Weddell Sea."
Why was this ship so valuable?
two reasons. The first is the story of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. It was set to make Antarctica's first land crossing, but when the expedition ship, Endurance, became trapped and then hid by sea-ice, she had to abandon the search. From then on it was all about survival. Shackleton somehow managed to rescue his men, an escape that saw the Anglo-Irish explorer himself take a small lifeboat across the brutal sea to seek help.
The second reason was the challenge of finding the ship itself. The Weddell Sea is largely permanently covered in thick sea-ice, the same sea-ice that ruptured Endurance's hull. Approaching the estimated sinking location is hard enough, being able to search doesn't matter. But it is also a part of the success of the FMHT project. This past month has seen the lowest extent of Antarctic sea-ice ever recorded during the satellite era, which extends back to the 1970s. The circumstances were unexpectedly favorable.