Digital twins of Shackleton's Quest and Scott's Terra Nova created after deep-sea expedition

A 21-day expedition led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has produced highly detailed 3D models of the shipwrecks of polar explorers Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott.

• The Quest, Shackleton's final ship, sank in 1962 and was discovered in 2024; the Terra Nova sank in 1943.
• The expedition, which left Woods Hole on 2 July, used underwater imaging technology from Voyis to scan the wrecks.
• Expedition leader John Geiger said the project aims to inspire a new generation of explorers and highlight how little of the ocean is mapped.
• Geiger noted that marine biologists are studying the wildlife around the wrecks and the effects of deep-sea fishing trawlers on the sites.