Dan Snow's History Hit - ENDURANCE22: Dan's Diary #03

Episode Date: February 17, 2022

The Endurance22 crew have made it to the Weddell Sea and the point where they believe Shackleton’s ship sunk! It’s a rocky start as they begin the search using the AUV drones that scan the seafloorIf you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download the History Hit app please go to the Android or Apple store.

This is History's Heroes. People with purpose, brave ideas, and the courage to stand alone. Including a pioneering surgeon who rebuilt the shattered faces of soldiers in the First World War. You know, he would look at these men and he would say, don't worry, Sonny, you'll have as good a face as any of us when I'm done with you. Join me, Alex von Tunzelman, for History's Heroes. Subscribe to History's Heroes wherever you get your podcasts. Well, after all the excitement of placing the drones into the water, predictably, I suppose, the good feeling didn't last very long

because within a few minutes of reaching its survey depth 3000 meters the drone started behaving irregularly it was struggling it was struggling to maintain its course and position and it was clear that one of the propellers one of the propulsion systems was malfunctioning so it came it came all the way back up to the surface and then had we had some issues retrieving it and then we fixed the propeller we put a new drive system in we sent it back down and that time we reached about a thousand meters at which point it freaked out it's the best way i think i can use describe what happened it freaked out and it was not happy and we had to haul it back up by its tether. We have now, the Saab engineers all the way from Sweden, the world's two most relaxed and awesome guys,

quietly, whilst everyone, people like me, the Anglo-Saxons were panicking, running around like lunatics. They took it apart. They looked at it. They fixed it. Now it's been put back in order a third time. It's now on the bottom. We're all gathered, looking at screens, looking at data, coming up. It seems to be working.

We are, as of 10 minutes ago, we are now surve looking at data coming up. It seems to be working. We are, as of 10 minutes ago, we are now surveying the seabed. This is very exciting news. This is History's Heroes. People with purpose, brave ideas, and the courage to stand alone. Including a pioneering surgeon who rebuilt the shattered faces of soldiers in the First World War. You know, he would look at these men and he would say, don't worry, Sonny, you'll have as good a face as any of us when I'm done with you. Join me, Alex von Tunzelman, for History's Heroes. Subscribe to History's Heroes wherever you get your podcasts.