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'''''[[Endurance]]''''' was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir [[Ernest Shackleton]] sailed for [[Antarctica]] on the 1914 [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]]. She was launched in 1912 from Sandefjord in Norway and was crushed by [[ice]], causing her to sink three years later in the [[Weddell Sea]] off Antarctica.
The '''[[Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station]]''' is a United States scientific research station at the [[South Pole]], the southernmost place on the Earth. The station is located on the high plateau of [[Antarctica]] at an elevation of 2,835 meters (9,301 feet) above sea level and is administered by the Division of Polar Programs within the National Science Foundation under the United States Antarctic Program (USAP).


The name "Endurance" has been assigned to [[Westarctica]]'s training simulator, WS ''Endurance'' which is used by the Naval Detachment of the [[Westarctican Royal Guards]] to simulate space warfare with the militaries of allied [[micronation]]s.




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The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole, the southernmost place on the Earth. The station is located on the high plateau of Antarctica at an elevation of 2,835 meters (9,301 feet) above sea level and is administered by the Division of Polar Programs within the National Science Foundation under the United States Antarctic Program (USAP).


Photo Credit: Daniel Leussler

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