Oct. 6 (UPI) --Sir Ernest Shackleton's polar ship, Endurance, was considered to be the strongest of its time but the vessel had significant structural weaknesses that caused its demise -- and an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On an island in the South Atlantic, a restoration project is underway to rescue a crumbling piece of exploration history. The ...

Endurance is shown in the winter of 1915. The ship became stuck in ice and eventually sank. A new paper says it wasn't as well-built as previously believed. A new research paper about the vessel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sir Ernest Shackleton's polar exploration ship Endurance sank because it lacked beams to prevent compression ice from crushing its ...

On an island in the South Atlantic, a restoration project is underway to rescue a crumbling piece of exploration history. The wooden house on South Georgia Island, where Sir Ernest Shackleton ...