The images, compiled from thousands of detailed 3D scans of the wreckage, show how little it has altered or decayed in the century since, with the ship's rigging, helm and woodwork all remarkably preserved under the icy waters. In addition, a number of the crew's dining plates can be seen resting on the deck, along with a single knee-length boot, which may have belonged to Frank Wild, Shackleton's second-in-command.
Hurley gets this flare gun, and he fires the flare gun into the air with a massive detonator as a tribute to the ship, John Shears, who led the expedition that found Endurance, told the BBC. And then in the diary, he talks about putting it down on the deck. And there we are. We come back over 100 years later, and there's that flare gun, incredible.
The composite images were compiled from 25,000 digital scans mapped by underwater robots when the wreck was discovered, employing new laser and photogrammetric technology for the first time at this depth, according to the team behind them. They reveal the damage to the hull and masts by the crushing ice before the ship sank which was also captured at the time in pioneering film footage by Hurley but show that the vessel is otherwise largely unaltered.
The wreck is almost intact like she sank yesterday, said Nico Vincent, who admires the preservation state of the Endurance and reflects on its historical significance.
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