Canadian crew is first to lay eyes on wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s last ship, Quest
The expedition used a remote-operated vehicle and the Alvin submersible to document heavy fishing gear and create a 3-D model for public access.
- On Tuesday, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society expedition used the Alvin submersible to capture the first images of Sir Ernest Shackleton's final ship, Quest, resting 390 metres below the Labrador Sea.
- Shackleton died of a heart attack aboard Quest in 1922 near South Georgia, and the ship later served as a sealing vessel before sinking off Labrador in 1962.
- Researchers found Quest sitting upright on the sea floor, heavily damaged and entangled in stray fishing nets. RCGS CEO John Geiger called the nets a 'grim reminder that oceans must be better protected.'
- The expedition team plans to create a 3D digital twin of Quest to preserve its image before sailing to Greenland to survey Terra Nova, used by Captain Robert Falcon Scott in 1912.
- This project links Canada to two of the greatest polar explorers in history, with the RCGS aiming to 'excite interest in exploration, especially among young people' through documentation of these vessels.
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First images released of the wreck of Quest, explorer Ernest Shackleton's last ship
ST. JOHN'S - A team of explorers led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has released the first images of the wreck of Quest, the ship upon which legendary Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton died in 1922.
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Canadian crew is first to lay eyes on wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s last ship, Quest
ST. JOHN'S — A small team of explorers led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society have become the first people to lay eyes on Sir Ernest Shackleton's last ship since it sank in the Labrador Sea in 1962. John Geiger, the society's chief executive officer, travelled with private astronaut Mark Pathy on Tuesday to the wreck of Quest in the DSV Alvin, the first submersible to take people to the Titanic shipwreck. Piloted by Bruce Strickrott with…
Winnipeg Free Press
Canadian crew is first to lay eyes on wreck of Ernest Shackleton's last ship, Quest
ST. JOHN'S - A small team of explorers led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society have become the first people to lay eyes on Sir Ernest Shackleton's last ship since it sank in the Labrador Sea in 1962.
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