![]() ![]() The search team include members who came close to finding the wreck in 2019, the BBC reported. But "the team has remained nimble and determined and this has brought us to where we are today." "The preparation has been comprehensive, although not without its challenge, including COVID," said Donald Lamont, chairman of the organizers. Agulhas II set off from Cape Town on Saturday morning with a crew of 46 and a 64-member expedition team aboard, including scientists from top international institutions. "The worst portion of the worst sea in the world" SPRI University of Cambridge / Getty Images Officers and crew of the 'Endurance' - the shore party group pose under the bow of the 'Endurance' at Weddell Sea Base during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-17, led by Ernest Shackleton. ![]() Historian Caroline Alexander, author of the book, The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, told CBS News that the story of Shackleton and his men is regarded "as the greatest survival story" of the 20th century. ![]()
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