Wreck of the last ship of famed Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton found off the coast of Canada
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FILE - Sir Ernest Shackleton, a noted explorer and writer, is shown as he arrived in New York on the Aquitania, on a hurried business trip to Canada, Jan. 30, 1921. The wreck of the last ship belonging to the famed explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, June 9, 2024, sitting on its keel under 390 meters of churning, frigid water. (AP Photo, File)This photo provided by Canadian Geographic shows the Quest Expedition Team in Labrador, Canada, Sunday, June 9, 2024. The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, an Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by the international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, sitting on its keel under 390 meters about 1,280 feet of churning, frigid water. (Jill Heinerth/Canadian Geographic via AP)This photo provided by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society shows the Quest ship sinking off the coast of Labrador, Canada, May 5, 1962. The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, an Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, June 9, 2024. (Tore Topp/Royal Canadian Geographical Society via AP)This photo provided by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society shows the Quest ship sinking off of Labrador, Canada, on May 5, 1962. The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, an Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, June 9, 2024. (Tore Topp/Royal Canadian Geographical Society via AP)In this sonar image provided by the Canadian Geographic shows the missing Quest ship sitting on its keel under water off the coast of Labrador, Canada, on Sunday, June 9, 2024. The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. (Canadian Geographic via AP)In this photo provided by Canadian Geographic shows Antoine Normandin, from left, Deputy Search Director, John Geiger, Expedition Leader and CEO, Royal Canadian Geographical Society and David Mearns, Search Director, Blue Water Recoveries Ltd. part of the team that located the missing Quest ship, in Labrador, Canada, Sunday, June 9, 2024. The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. (Jill Heinerth/Canadian Geographic via AP)In this photo provided by Canadian Geographic Craig Bulger, left, Project Engineer, Fisheries and Marine Institute Memorial University of Newfoundland and David Mearns, Search Director, Blue Water Recoveries Ltd. prepare to launch the side-scan sonar tow fish to search for the missing Quest ship off the coast of Labrador, Canada, Sunday, June 9, 2024. The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. (Jill Heinerth/Canadian Geographic via AP)
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FILE - Sir Ernest Shackleton, a noted explorer and writer, is shown as he arrived in New York on the Aquitania, on a hurried business trip to Canada, Jan. 30, 1921. The wreck of the last ship belonging to the famed explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, June 9, 2024, sitting on its keel under 390 meters of churning, frigid water. (AP Photo, File)