![]() ![]() ![]() A year later, she became trapped in pack ice and finally sank in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica on 21 November 1915. After her commissioners could no longer pay the shipyard, the ship was bought by Shackleton in January 1914 for the expedition, which would be her first voyage. The ship, originally named Polaris, was built at Framnæs shipyard and launched in 1912 from Sandefjord in Norway. ![]() Sank following crush by ice floes on 21 November 1915 Endurance under steam and sail trying to break through pack ice in the Weddell Sea on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1915, by Frank Hurley. ![]()
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