The definitive account of the final expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton
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  • CBC News: Quest and Terra Nova – Diving to the last ships of legendary explorers

    CBC’s Pete Cowan and cameraman Bob Grieve were aboard R/V Atlantis in July 2026. Here is their report on the Heroic Age Expedition. The adventure was a cooperation between the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. In the famous submersible manned exploration craft, DSV Alvin, first direct eyes were laid on…

  • Dive to the wreck of Quest

    A team of marine researchers have taken the first ever photographs of the wreck of Shackleton’s last ship Quest, 1000 feet down in the Labrador Sea. Quest Chronicle author Jan Chojecki was on the “2026 Heroic Age Expedition”, a partnership between the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). On…

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  • Quest and Meteorology

    Article in the Spotlight of the Royal Meteorological Society “Complete hourly observations while on ship. Take evidence of rainfall, prevalent winds and take continuous records of temperatures and pressure by self-recording instruments. Make a study of upper air currents by pilot balloons; this is of vital importance to the advancement of aviation. …….Click here to…