Discovered: The Quest

Congratulations are in order for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society! On June 9th 2024, a RCGS expedition team discovered the exploration vessel Quest at the bottom of the Labrador Sea. 

While used for many different missions over time, she is notable for being the ship where famed explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton died of a heart attack on January 5th 1922, just a year after he purchased the ship. 

She went on to have many different lives after that. Ultimately, the Quest sank on May 5th 1962. During a seal hunting trip, she was crushed in ice and went to her final resting place. This is a remarkable story, and you can read more about it here:

https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/wreck-of-quest-famed-antarctic-explorer-sir-ernest-shackletonsk-last-ship-found-in-labrador-sea/