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Endurance ship national geographic12/18/2023 ![]() ![]() The next day, nearly two miles below the surface, the explorers saw the ship’s name in brass letters on the stern, or back. On March 5, 2022, the cameras revealed exciting images: broken masts, ropes, a crewman’s boot, and the ship’s bell. With only three days before the ship had to be back in port, drifting sea ice forced Bound to search elsewhere. The team scanned 107 square miles of the seafloor with remote-controlled underwater camera for more than three weeks. Luckily, the tide rose a few hours later, and the explorers could sail on.īound carefully reviewed the original sailors’ records to choose the search area. They set out again in February 2022 and-just like Endurance-got stuck in pack ice. NatGeo Doc On Dramatic Find Of Shackleton’s Ship Endurance To Be Directed By Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin And Natalie Hewit. In 2019, Bound and his team tried unsuccessfully to find the ship. Inspired by the adventurers, he was determined to find the lost ship. Ocean archaeologist Mensun Bound grew up on the Falkland Islands, not far from the Weddell Sea. But the Endurance remained lost under the sea. With a new ship, Shackleton returned to the uninhabited island to rescue the rest of his crew. They were dirty, cold, and exhausted-but alive. Once they arrived, the six men hiked for 36 hours across the island to reach a whaling station. ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about 147,000 employees. ABB’s marketleading Power Grids business will be divested to Hitachi in 2020. With a history of innovation spanning more than 130 years, ABB is today a leader in digital industries with four customer-focused, globally leading businesses: Electrification, Industrial Automation, Motion, and Robotics & Discrete Automation, supported by its common ABB Ability™ digital platform. In addition to minimizing the risk of incidents, ABB has estimated that owners using remote diagnostics and predictive maintenance services through its seven land-based Collaborative Operations Centers can reduce the cost of repairs and maintenance by up to 50 percent, while on-site attendance by technical personnel can be cut by as much as 70 percent.ĪBB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology leader with a comprehensive offering for digital industries. ABB’s support in real time is especially compelling in polar waters.” “We are delighted to be working with Lindblad once more to deliver the ship maneuverability and comfort in ice conditions made possible by the Azipod® DO solution, but also the full scope of ABB’s electric, digital and connected vision offering. “We continuously refine our range of automation, propulsion and digital systems for specific market segments,” said Juha Koskela, Managing Director of ABB Marine & Ports. Azipod® propulsion has become an industry standard in the cruise segment, with the proven ability to cut fuel consumption by up to 15 percent compared to traditional shaftline propulsion systems. Azipod® propulsion is a gearless steerable propulsion system where the electric drive motor is in a submerged pod outside the ship hull. “Passenger safety and comfort are paramount for any cruise operator, so it is critical that our suppliers can demonstrate proven reliability and offer continuous support via ship-shore connectivity, especially as ships venture to more remote locations and ice conditions.”ĪBB is the only supplier of azimuthing electric podded propulsor systems of sufficiently high ice-going class able to meet the owner requirements. “We are delighted to continue our work with ABB on this second highly innovative polar ship,” said Nikolaos G Doulis, Senior Vice President, New Buildings, Lindblad Expeditions. ![]() ![]() All systems will be connected 24/7 to the ABB Ability TM Collaborative Operations Center infrastructure for remote monitoring and support of vessel systems. Highlighting its preferred supplier position in the expedition cruise ship segment, ABB will deliver a full power, distribution, control and automation package for the ship, integrated in the ABB Ability TM System 800xA, as well as twin 3.5MW electric Azipod® DO propulsors. These ships feature one of the highest ice-classes assigned to purpose-built passenger vessels, PC5 Category A, and are designed to meet all regulations for navigation in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, and to ensure the very highest level of passenger comfort and safety. Whereas Lindblad Antarctica polar sister ships National Geographic Endurance and Resolution invite 128 guests on a luxury expedition with a very distinctive profile, the patented X-Bow®. Image courtesy of Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc center The vessel will join the Lindblad fleet in late Q3 of 2021. As before, the latest ship will have capacity for 126 passengers in 69 luxury guest cabins. vessel will be built by the Norwegian yard Ulstein Verft to an Ulstein Design & Solutions design as a sister ship to National Geographic Endurance, whose construction is underway. Destined to take exploration cruise guests sustainably and safely on voyages deep into remote polar regions, the Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. ![]()
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