Why researchers are headed to the wrecks of two polar explorers' ships
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The Royal Canadian Geographical Society is funding an expedition to two shipwrecks: the Quest, which was used in Ernest Shackleton's final Antarctic expedition in the 1920s and sank 40 years later, and the Terra Nova, which carried Robert Falcon Scott on his last expedition from 1910 to 1913 and sank during the Second World War. »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: https://www.cbc.ca/news Follow CBC News on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/3leaWsr Subscribe to CBC News on WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vb6MSjH9Bb63S9tbQa1Y Download the CBC News app for iOS: http://apple.co/25mpsUz Download the CBC News app for Android: http://bit.ly/1XxuozZ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regiona
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