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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

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🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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One of the most famous shipwrecks has finally been discovered at the bottom of a sea in Antarctica. Plus, why the letter “Z” has become a Russian pro-war symbol. And, post-punk Alvin and the Chipmunks. Sponsors: Indeed, Get a free $75 credit at Indeed.com/goodnews Novo, Sign up for a free business checking account and get access to over $5,000 in perks and discounts at novo.co/kottke Links: At the Bottom of an Icy Sea, One of History's Great Wrecks Is Found (NY Times) Endurance: 'Finest wooden shipwreck I've ever seen' (BBC) Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic (BBC) Shackleton's lost shipwreck discovered off Antarctica (Phys.Org) Ernest Shackleton's Ship Found After 106 Years (Kottke.Org) Ukraine war: Why has 'Z' become a Russian pro-war symbol? (BBC) Why has the letter Z become the symbol of war for Russia? (The Guardian) Alvin & the Chipmunks tweet (Jeff Blehar, Twitter) Chipmunks On 16 Speed - Sludgefest (Full Album) (LunarOrbit, YouTube) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.2	One of the most famous shipwrecks has finally been discovered at the bottom of a sea in Antarctica.
0:48.9	Plus, why the letter Z has become a Russian pro-war symbol and post-punk Alvin and the Chipmunks. Here are some of the cool
0:57.8	things from the news today. The most famous shipwreck in Antarctica, Ernest Shackleton's
1:06.2	endurance, has been found after over a hundred years, specifically hundred years to the day after Shackleton's funeral.
1:14.2	From the New York Times, quote, Endurance, a 144-foot three-masted wooden ship holds a revered place in polar history
1:21.7	because it spawned one of the greatest survival stories in the annals of exploration.
1:26.8	Its location, nearly 10,000 feet down in
1:29.6	waters that are among the iciest on earth, placed it among the most celebrated shipwrecks that
1:34.4	had not been found. Shackleton left England aboard the Endurance with a crew of 27 in 1914,
1:40.4	bound for a bay on the Waddell Sea that was meant to be the starting point for an attempt by him and a small party to be the first to cross Antarctica.
1:48.4	Shackleton never made it to the pole or beyond, but his leadership in rescuing all his crew and his exploits,
1:54.6	which included an 800-mile open boat journey across the treacherous southern ocean to the island of South Georgia,
2:00.7	made him a hero in Britain.
2:03.1	Shackleton was tripped up by the Waddell's notoriously thick, long-lasting sea ice, which results
2:08.1	from a circular current that keeps much ice within it. In early January 1915, endurance became
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