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See the Wreck of Ernest Shackleton's 'Endurance' in Astonishing Detail With This New 3D Scan

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Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance sank after getting stuck in pack ice in 1915 .

A newly released 3D digital scan shows that much of the ship is still intact.

The model was created from more than 25,000 high-resolution images captured after the ship was discovered in 2022 .

The digital scan was released last week to mark the debut of a new National Geographic documentary.

“Especially in an age where so many people are attached to their devices, there’s something compelling about the human drive to push at the frontiers of what’s possible,” Vasarhelyi tells the London TimesRachel Halliburton . “There are so many moments in the Shackleton story when you think, No way!’”.

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67

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38

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semi-formal

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English

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42

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