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Endurance, the ship of legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, has been discovered more than a century after it sank in Antarctica.

The ship was crushed by sea ice in 1915 in a voyage that's become legendary.

The celebrated explorer and his team of 27 men escaped the sinking ship on foot across the ice and on small boats to South Georgia Island, a British overseas territory 1,400 kilometres east of the Falkland Islands.

Miraculously, all survived!

Discovered at a depth of three kilometres in the Weddell Sea just 6 kilometres from where it went down, the vessel's in remarkable condition and its name Endurance is clearly visible on the stern.

Adrian Glover, a deep sea biologist at Britain's Natural History Museum explains why the wreck's so well preserved.

The project to find the lost ship was mounted by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust.

A South African icebreaker equipped with remote controlled drones known as Sabertooths investigated the icy depths.

But as Adrian Glover explains, the discovery of the Endurance was still a matter of luck.

But this is as close as archaeologists can get.

The wreck's protected as a historic site.

The modern day explorers were allowed to film and scan the ship, but not to touch it at all - meaning no artefacts can be returned to the surface.

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