How Captain Bengu found the long-lost Endurance
Captain Knowledge Bengu sailed into the history books with the discovery of the Endurance wreck
31 March 2022 - 05:00
It’s shortly after 2pm on March 5. Captain Knowledge Bengu, master of the SA Agulhas II, is asleep in his cabin. He’s tired. It’s been a month at sea and he’s just off a six-hour watch. But still Captain Frederick Ligthelm, the ice pilot on duty on the bridge, calls down and disturbs his sleep.
"Captain Bengu," he says. "We have found the Endurance."..
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