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I just found this article with news about this recent find:
The "Endurance" - Ernest Shackleton's ship found - Interesting article
It would be great if they could recover this ship for a museum.
It is a protected area, so the wreck will stay there in 3km depth
BTW:
also check this topic with some additional information
also check this topic with some additional information
Shackleton's Endurance found
The BBC on their website announced the news that the Endurance has been found sitting on the bed of the Weddell Sea in the antarctic. This is great news as the search for this ship was ardous. The ship is in a remarkably good condition, the hull and the superstructure in particular. The masts...
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Take a look at this video that is embedded in this article:
www.nbcnews.com
Lost in 1915, Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance found off coast of Antarctica
“The preservation is beyond imagination,” Mensun Bound, the director of exploration at the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust, said.
www.nbcnews.com
The piece I find most interesting in all this story, other than her fantastic condition is : she was found just 4 miles from where Frank Worsley and Hubert Hudson the navigators last plotted her position. Remember these were the days before any fancy GPS... They just used a sextant, chronometer and an almanac... with a bit of basic maths thrown in !!
In this fantastic book the entire story is curiously detailed. I recommend it, although this version is in Spanish, as you can see. But I suppose there will also be it in English. 
It also has quite a few photos that explain very well the odyssey experienced by the entire crew. It's interesting. 