Share the Endurance22 Expedition to Antarctica with your classroom

Live from Endurance | Awesome Engineering!
2022-03-01 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
How can we build ships that are strong enough to handle the toughest seas and the thickest ice? What can we learn by closely monitoring the S.A. Agulhas II as it travels through both these environments? Let’s ask Endurance22 Expedition members Dr. Annie Bekker (Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa) and Dr. Jukka Tuhkuri (Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Aalto University in Finland), both of whom have been doing just that throughout the expedition journey thus far. After you meet Drs. Bekker and Tuhkuri, you’ll never look at ships the same way again!
Want to join this event live? There are two ways to participate: 1) Sign up your classroom for a live, on-camera spot so your students can ask questions to the livestream guests during the event (Spaces are limited); Register here! 2) Watch the event live on YouTube, sharing your questions and comments via the YouTube chat bar.
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Livestream from the S.A. Agulhas II with the Steward
2022-02-28 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
This week, Tim will speak with different members of the S.A. Agulhas II crew to learn more about them, what their jobs entail, and what it’s like to live and work on a polar resupply ship.
Today, Tim will host Agulhas II Steward, Shawaal Sonday, from the ship’s 6th deck lounge.
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Livestream: Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
2022-02-25 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
The story of Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition is full of adventure, bad luck, good fortune, close calls, bold action, despair, pure joy, and just about everything in between. Why is it that Shackleton, his crew, and Endurance still fascinate so many people 107 years after the ship sank? Let’s ask historian and host of History Hit, Dan Snow! Dan will join Tim to talk about Shackleton, storytelling, and the lessons we can learn from the past. Plus, Dan and Tim will do a live pemmican tasting, sampling the staple food of explorers past. What is pemmican? Join us to find out!
Want to join this event live? There are two ways to participate: 1) Sign up your classroom for a live, on-camera spot so your students can ask questions to the livestream guests during the event (Spaces are limited); Register here! 2) Watch the event live on YouTube, sharing your questions and comments via the YouTube chat bar.
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Livestream: Updates from the Agulhas II & Explorer Tim Jacob
2022-02-24 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
After nearly three weeks aboard the S.A. Agulhas II, the Endurance22 Expedition team is deep into the search for Endurance in the Weddell Sea. Join Reach the World’s Tim Jacob in his cabin aboard the ship for a personal look at what it’s like to be living aboard a ship for many weeks at a time. This is a great chance to have all your Endurance22 questions answered, no matter how small. Where do you shower? Where do you sleep? How do you spend your day? Let’s ask Tim!
Want to join this event live? There are two ways to participate: 1) Sign up your classroom for a live, on-camera spot so your students can ask questions to the livestream guests during the event (Spaces are limited); Register here! 2) Watch the event live on YouTube, sharing your questions and comments via the YouTube chat bar: Click here to join!
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Livestream: Setting Up an Antarctic Ice Camp
2022-02-23 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
The Weddell Sea is one of the most remote and harsh environments anywhere on the planet. Yet Carl Elkington, Nic Burden, and their team from White Desert joined the Endurance22 Expedition with the intention of setting up ice camps directly on the ice, so that sub-sea team members could work, eat and sleep on the frozen sea for as long as two weeks. How can humans survive on the ice, away from the support of the S.A. Agulhas II? What essential gear makes it possible to set up an ice camp above the sink site of Shackleton’s Endurance? Let’s ask Carl and Nic!
Want to join this event live? There are two ways to participate: 1) Sign up your classroom for a live, on-camera spot so your students can ask questions to the livestream guests during the event (Spaces are limited); Register here! 2) Watch the event live on YouTube, sharing your questions and comments via the YouTube chat bar: Click here to join!
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CANCELLED Livestream: Awesome Engineering!
2022-02-22 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
Event cancelled due to satellite connectivity issues. The rest of this week’s events are scheduled to continue as planned, but please check back for updates.
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How can we build ships that are strong enough to handle the toughest seas and the thickest ice? What can we learn by closely monitoring the S.A. Agulhas II as it travels through both these environments? Let’s ask Endurance22 Expedition members Dr. Annie Bekker (Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa) and Dr. Jukka Tuhkuri (Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Aalto University in Finland), both of whom have been doing just that throughout the expedition journey thus far. After you meet Drs. Bekker and Tuhkuri, you’ll never look at ships the same way again!
Want to join this event live? There are two ways to participate: 1) Sign up your classroom for a live, on-camera spot so your students can ask questions to the livestream guests during the event (Spaces are limited); Register here! 2) Watch the event live on YouTube, sharing your questions and comments via the YouTube chat bar (link to come soon).
Missed this livestream event? Don’t worry, you can watch the recording on-demand here.

Meet the Captain
2022-02-18 11:00 - 11:45 (America/New_York)
What does it take to command one of the most advanced polar exploration vessels in the world? Join our livestream, where we’ll meet Captain Knowledge Bengu, to find out! Tim will join Captain Bengu live from the bridge in the Weddell Sea, the view should be spectacular! This event will include a bridge tour, interview with Captain Bengu, and plenty of time for Q&A.
Want to join this event live? There are two ways to participate: 1) Sign up your classroom for a live, on-camera spot so your students can ask questions to the livestream guests during the event (Spaces are limited); Register here! 2) Watch the event live on YouTube, sharing your questions and comments via the YouTube chat bar: Click here to join!

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Livestream with Ice-Monitoring Team
2022-02-17 13:00 - 13:45 (America/New_York)
Join Reach the World Explorer Tim Jacob, along with members of the Endurance22 Ice-Monitoring Team to learn about the work scientists are doing to navigate the S.A. Agulhas II icebreaker vessel through icy conditions!
Want to join this event live? There are two ways to participate: 1) Sign up your classroom for a live, on-camera spot so your students can ask questions to the livestream guests during the event (Spaces are limited); Register here! 2) Watch the event live on YouTube, sharing your questions and comments via the YouTube chat bar: Click here to join!
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Special Event for UK Classes
2022-02-16 08:00 - 08:45 (America/New_York)
The S.A. Agulhas II is loaded up with supplies and the international crew is onboard. The shp has left its home port South Africa and is headed for the Weddell Sea in Antarctica to begin the search for Ernest Shakleton’s Endurance. Over the next few weeks we’ll join the ship live with Tim Jacob from Reach the World and meet different members of the team who will share their specialities as we explore the ship and dig into the mission to find one of the world’s most famous wrecks!
This event is a special opportunity for classrooms in the UK to register for live camera spots to interact or to tune in via the live stream on YouTube, sending in questions via the live chat.
Joining Tim for this event will be expedition leader John Shears, director of exploration Mensun Bound and expedition doctor Dr. Lucy Coulter. John is a polar geographer and environmental scientist with more than 25 years of experience working in both Antarctica and the Arctic with the British Antarctic Survey and the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge. In 2019, Dr. Shears was awarded the Polar Medal by Her Majesty the Queen for outstanding achievement and service in the field of polar research. Mensun is an accomplished marine archeologist who has traveled the world in search of famous shipwrecks. From 6th-century B.C. Etruscan shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea to sunken WWII battleships resting beneath thousands of feet of ocean water, Mensun has spent a career searching for answers that can only be found underwater.
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Livestream with Carla Ramjukadh and Marc De Vos from the South African Weather Service
2022-02-15
The S.A. Agulhas II is loaded up with supplies and the international crew is onboard, it has left its home port South Africa and is headed for the Weddell Sea in Antarctica, to begin the search for Ernest Shakleton’s Endurance. Over the next few weeks, we’ll join the ship live with Tim Jacob from Reach the World and meet different members of the team who will share their specialties as we explore the ship and dig into the mission to find one of the world’s most famous wrecks!
This time around we’ll meet Carla Ramjukadh and Marc De Vos with the South African Weather Service using new tech to monitor the unpredictable water and weather conditions of the Weddell Sea! Tim will join them live from the SAWS office aboard the ship, which is full of great weather maps and tools. We may even be able to pop out the back to show the area where the weather balloons are launched from the ship!
Watch this event here.

Livestream from the helicopter hangar aboard the Agulhas II
2022-02-14
Meet a helicopter pilot aboard the S.A. Agulhas II and learn about their work on the Endurance22 Expedition!
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Special Event for UK Classes
2022-02-11
The S.A. Agulhas II is loaded up with supplies and the international crew is onboard, it has left its home port South Africa and is headed for the Weddell Sea in Antarctica, to begin the search for Ernest Shakleton’s Endurance. Over the next few weeks we’ll join the ship live with Tim Jacob from Reach the World and meet different members of the team who will share their specialities as we explore the ship and dig into the mission to find one of the world’s most famous wrecks!
This event is a special opportunity for classrooms in the UK to register for live camera spots to interact or to tune in via the live stream on YouTube, sending in questions via the live chat.
Joining Tim for this event will be expedition leader John Shears, director of exploration Mensun Bound and expedition doctor Dr. Lucy Coulter. John is a polar geographer and environmental scientist with more than 25 years of experience working in both Antarctica and the Arctic with the British Antarctic Survey and the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge. In 2019, Dr. Shears was awarded the Polar Medal by Her Majesty the Queen for outstanding achievement and service in the field of polar research. Mensun is an accomplished marine archeologist who has traveled the world in search of famous shipwrecks. From 6th-century B.C. Etruscan shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea to sunken WWII battleships resting beneath thousands of feet of ocean water, Mensun has spent a career searching for answers that can only be found underwater.

Live from the S. A. Agulhas II in South Africa
2022-02-04
The S. A. Agulhas II is about to depart South Africa, heading to Antarctica in search for Ernest Shakleton’s Endurance. Join us live from the ship to hear about the ship’s final preparations!

Livestream with AUV Expert Chad Bonin
2022-02-01, 2021-11-12
AUV expert Chad Bonin is back from deep-sea trials in Toulon, France, and he’s ready to share how the Endurance22 sub-sea team used creative problem-solving to tackle unique challenges!

Pack Your bags!
2022-01-28
The Endurance22 Expedition is just days away from departure for the Weddell Sea. What is RTW explorer Tim Jacob packing for a multi-week Antarctic expedition? Let’s ask him!

Livestream with Marine Archeologist Mensun Bound
2022-01-21
Meet marine archeologist Mensun Bound, the leader of the underwater search for Shackleton’s Endurance. What will Endurance look like after 107 years on the bottom of the Weddell Sea? Let’s ask Mensun!

Livestream with Dr. Tamaryn Morris and Thomas Mtontsi
2021-11-08
As part of the E22 science team, oceanographers from the South African Weather Service will use robot buoys to collect important data in and around the Weddell Sea. How? Let’s ask them!

Update from the E22 Sub-Sea Team
2021-10-07
Curious to learn more about the state-of-the-art underwater robot (and sub-sea team) at the center of the Endurance22 Expedition’s quest to locate and map Endurance? Check out this video!

Meet Reach the World Explorer, Tim Jacob
2021-09-08
The Endurance22 virtual exchange is underway! Meet Reach the World explorer Tim Jacob, who previews the expedition, the expedition team, and what to expect in the weeks ahead.
