Endurance shipwreck threatened by global heating, says marine archaeologist

Exclusive: Mensun Bound warns of ocean acidification and melting ice, as well as robotic technology that could enable thefts

As a marine archaeologist, Mensun Bound headed the 2022 Antarctic expedition that discovered the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, more than a century after the legendary ship became trapped in ice and sank.

Now he is warning that its protection cannot be guaranteed due to the combined threats of global heating and underwater robotic technology that could enable thefts from the historic site.