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Underneath the Antarctic sea is a hidden treasure. It is a shipwreck. The ship was called Endurance. It belonged to an explorer called Earnest Shackleton.

In 1915, it sank under freezing ice. Now, modern explorers want to find it.

Earnest Shackleton was an explorer. He went on many expeditions. His most famous was the Endurance trip.

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In November 1915, the sea ice crushed his boat. The whole ship sank. But Shackleton escaped. All 28 of his crew mates got away in a lifeboat. They travelled for 800 miles to safety.

This year, a new ship called Endurance22 is going to the Weddell Sea. They will use dronesDrones are aircraft flown with no humans on board. They are used for many different purposes. to find the last of the ship.

Yes! Being an explorer is about doing very difficult things. Shackleton travelled for 17 days in a freezing lifeboat. He not only discovered new places. He kept his crew safe!

No. He is just one of many explorers. Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Ferdinand Magellan sailed around the whole world!