Wreck of Last Ship of British Explorer Shackleton Found Off Coast of Labrador
Published on June 13, 2024
The last ship that carried polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton has been found off the coast of Labrador by a team from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS). The ship, dubbed Quest, was found on June 9 through the use of sonar scans, just five days into the expedition. It was found in 390 metres (1,280 feet) of water, the society said during a June 11 news conference. “I heard that some Americans were interested in finding Quest, and I just had this picture in my mind of a few billionaires on yachts, up in the Labrador Sea,” John Geiger, leader of the Shackleton Quest Expedition and chief executive of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, said during the conference....