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The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust warmly congratulates the extraordinary team behind the recent dive to the wreck of the SS Terra Nova, an iconic ship whose story has long inspired those of us involved in polar exploration and maritime discovery.
The Terra Nova, best known as the expedition vessel for Captain Scott’s fateful journey to the South Pole in 1910–13, played a defining role in the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. That legacy, alongside the ship’s rediscovery in 2012, helped shape the vision behind our own search for Endurance, which was conceived on the very day Terra Nova’s wreck was first announced to the world.
Now, in a remarkable new development, the team aboard MY Legend has completed the first-ever visual survey of Terra Nova. Using advanced sub-sea technology, they’ve captured powerful imagery that not only confirms the ship’s identity and condition but also reveals the life it continues to support on the seabed, over 80 years after it sank off Greenland.
Mensun Bound, our Director of Exploration for Endurance22 and a Trustee of FMHT, summed it up beautifully:
“In our ten-year hunt for Shackleton’s ship, when at moments it looked like we might not attain our goal, the success of the Terra Nova team was a source of inspiration. The Trust offers its sincere congratulations to Leighton Rolley, Aldo Kuhn and the team for their great work in finding and now surveying, the wreck of the Terra Nova.”
The images and insights emerging from this latest mission add another vital chapter to the story of polar heritage. We’re delighted to see Terra Nova honoured in this way and proud to stand alongside those who continue to shine light on the ships – and people – that defined an era.
