Are you sure that won't buff out?

[chrism]

Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60662541

Scientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank.

The Endurance, the lost vessel of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, was found at the weekend at the bottom of the Weddell Sea.

The ship was crushed by sea-ice and sank in 1915, forcing Shackleton and his men to make an astonishing escape on foot and in small boats.

Video of the remains show Endurance to be in remarkable condition.

Even though it has been sitting in 3km (10,000ft) of water for over a century, it looks just like it did on the November day it went down.

[martyn]

Shackleton's success in saving his crew and his open boat journey to South Georgia was a magnificent achievement. The open boat journey could be matched to Captain Bligh's journey after being cast adrift from the 'Bounty'.

I have the book 'South with Endurance' with the photos of Frank Hurley, a record of the trip before and after 'Endurance ' sank.

Martyn

[Woodenhead]

It looks almost pristine considering it's been down there 100 years.

Tells you how challenging the terrain is that there are no creatures that eat wood

[chrism]

Tells you how challenging the terrain is that there are no creatures that eat wood

Probably more that it's too darned cold 10000 feet down at around 68 degrees south, combined with (probably) not a lot of food so any that were there in the past either moved away or just died off.

[The Q]

More Important to the story is the James Caird the boat they escaped in.. It's in  Dulwich College.
https://www.dulwich.org.uk/about/history/the-james-caird