Ernest Shackleton Quotes. The ship which sank. The ship which sank in 1915 is 3008 meters 19 miles or 9842 feet deep in the Weddell Sea a pocket in the Southern Ocean along the northern coast of Antarctica south of the Falkland.
A few years ago we compiled its list of the 32 best military movie quotes of all time but once we got to Full Metal Jacket we realized it was hard to pick just one since Gunnery Sgt. The ship which sank in 1915 is 3008 meters 19 miles or 9842 feet deep in the Weddell Sea a pocket in the Southern Ocean along the northern coast of Antarctica south of the Falkland. The wreckage of polar explorer Ernest Shackletons ship Endurance which was crushed by Antarctic ice and sank some 10000 feet 3000 m to the ocean floor more than a century ago has been.
In October of 1915 the ship became trapped and crushed in Ice and the crew now half a continent away from their intended base became castaways in one of the most hostile regions in the world.
More than a century after it sank off the coast of Antarctica polar explorer Ernest Shackletons ship HMS Endurance has been located apparently intact and in good condition. Directed by George Butler. Some movies are more quotable than others and Stanley Kubricks classic Full Metal Jacket certainly fits that bill. The ship was found nearly two miles.