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Re: Published, Shackleton and Worsley, Journey to South Georgia Island
From: Robin Stuart
Date: 2018 Dec 25, 07:48 -0800
From: Robin Stuart
Date: 2018 Dec 25, 07:48 -0800
Mike,
Thank you for passing on our papers. Neither of them however directly addresses the question of the location of the wreck of Endurance. This was examined in detail in a separate paper by Lars Bergman and myself that was published in the Journal of Navigation earlier this year. Some background can be found at http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Spur-moment-long-chron-Stuart-dec-2018-g43681. I made the paper available to the expedition leader, Prof. Julian Dowdeswell, who informed me that they were aware of it.
We find that a number of factors make the position much more uncertain than had been anticipated but we can be quite sure it's not at 68°39'30"S 52°26'30"W where the log places it!
Robin Stuart
