Polar explorer Shackleton’s final ship found at last

The wreck and, inset, Quest in her heyday (Picture: Canadian Geographic)

The last ship on which famous explorer Ernest Shackleton made his final voyage has been found.

The vessel, named ‘Quest’, was found by wreck hunters off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

Shackleton, one of the pioneers of polar exploration, was on board the ship and bound for the Antarctic again when he suffered a fatal heart attack on January 5, 1922.

He was 47.

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