‘Indiana Jones of the Deep’ Bound for exclusive speaker appearance with Cunard

Mensun Bound joins Cunard’s Insights speaker application soon after exploring Shackleton’s iconic ship, the Stamina, in March 2022

VALENCIA, Calif., May possibly 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Maritime archaeologist, Mensun Sure, who created headlines throughout the earth in March with the discovery of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Stamina, will head out to sea again this summer to discuss completely to Cunard company.

It is a big honor to welcome Mensun Bound so quickly after his historical expedition captured the world’s consideration.

Sure will be a part of Queen Mary 2 in Southampton for a 7-evening Transatlantic Crossing on June 24, 2022, before arriving in New York on July 2. Returning in 2023, the maritime archaeologist will be a part of Queen Elizabeth for a 13-night time voyage from Alaska to San Francisco, taking in some of the world’s most breath-using landscapes and wildlife.

“It is a massive honor to welcome Mensun Bound on board our flagship Queen Mary 2 so before long after his historical expedition captured the world’s focus,” stated Matt Gleaves, Vice President, Business, Cunard, North The united states and Australasia. “I know our company will be enthralled by his to start with-hand account of his Stamina 22 expedition, as well as his remarkable, many years-spanning occupation.”

In his purpose as Trustee of the Falklands Maritime Heritage Have faith in, the maritime archaeologist from Oxford was the Director of Exploration for the crew of crack deep-ocean robotic technologists that, on March 5, 2022, learned the most storied shipwreck of them all, a few kilometers beneath the perennial sea ice of Antarctica.  

Crushed by pack ice, the ship sank in 1915 at the heart of what Shackleton himself named ‘the worst portion of the worst sea on earth.’ In an unique speak and Q&A on board Queen Mary 2 in June, Sure will communicate publicly for the to start with time given that returning from his historical expedition. Discussing his impressive job, Bound will reveal how they penetrated the pack to obtain ‘the world’s most unreachable wreck,’ the legendary Stamina, upright and in a fantastic point out of preservation on the mysterious abyssal basic of the Weddell Sea.

Certain, mentioned: “It truly is been the most amazing number of months with my feet but to contact the floor since the Stamina 22 Expedition concluded. To discover a vessel of this kind of historical significance is a thing that is challenging to definitely capture in a couple of words. Having said that, I am very considerably seeking forward to signing up for Queen Mary 2 and sharing my pleasure and activities for the initial time with Cunard’s visitors.”

Born in the Falkland Islands, Mensun Certain was the Triton Fellow in Maritime Archaeology at St. Peter’s University, Oxford, and the director of the very first academic device for underwater archaeology in England.  Known as the ‘Indiana Jones of the Deep,’ Bound has executed wreck surveys and excavations all in excess of the earth in a job that has spanned 40 decades. 

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