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Hello - I’m the BBC’s Science Editor.
Mar 11, 2022 15 tweets 9 min read
I'm still thinking a lot about the #Endurance discovery this week - so if you are craving a bit more Endurance/Shackleton/shipwreck - here are a few things for you ... 🧵 Start with having another look at the ***AMAZING*** footage from the dive - this is the piece that ran on BBC News made with top team @alisonfrancis and @DuncanCStone
vimeo.com/686179851
Mar 9, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
!!!!ENDURANCE DISCOVERY ALERT!!!! Shackleton’s lost ship has been located - and the images are INCREDIBLE. Amazing achievement for @Endurance_22 team
(Image courtesy of Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust and National Geographic) #Endurance22 Image @Endurance_22 The wreck was found just over 3,000m down in the Weddell Sea - just 7km from the coordinates recorded on the day the ship vanished beneath the ice more than 100 years ago #Endurance22
(Images courtesy of Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust and National Geographic) Image
Mar 19, 2020 12 tweets 2 min read
Chris Witty and Patrick Valence doing a science q&a now Witty: We are dealing with uncertainty - have accelerated knowledge from virtually nothing in January to what we have now. But there are critical questions we don't know the answer to now - but we will know in 6/12 months. At this juncture we are using the best science we have.