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‘Endurance’ Explorers and Filmmakers on Capturing the Shipwreck’s ‘Holy Grail’ Discovery, Recreating Ernest Shackleton’s Voice With AI and Restoring Century-Old Footage
The team of explorers and filmmakers behind NatGeo doc 'Endurance' on telling the 'parallel story' of Shackleton's 1915 shipwreck and 2022 discovery.
Thankfully, a documentary crew — led by filmmaker Natalie Hewit — was also on board the S.A. Agulhas II to capture the thrilling moment Shears, Vincent, marine archeologist Mensun Bound and historian-broadcaster Dan Snow unearthed the Endurance, perfectly preserved, over 3,000 meters under the sea. Once the groundbreaking discovery was made, National Geographic and Oscar-winning directorial duo Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi joined the project with the idea of interweaving the March 2022 revelation with the original Shackleton story, told through archival footage and preserved diaries. After Shears attempts in 2026 to cross South Georgia as Shackleton did during his expedition, the two want to do more dives to fill out the 3D model and perhaps discover more artifacts on the ship with a mini ROV (remotely operated underwater vehicle) that Vincent hopes to develop.
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