Endurance will ‘decay out of existence’ unless ship is raised from sea

Mensun Bound, who found Ernest Shackleton's lost ship, says question of raising wreck is a hot potato'

Ernest Shackleton's lost ship, Endurance, will decay out of existence" on the Antarctic seabed unless it is raised and preserved, the archaeologist who discovered the wreck has said.

Mensun Bound, who found the vessel in March, said the question of whether it should be hauled out of the freezing waters is a hot potato" and brings forth a cavalcade of legal and logistical issues.