UCunard ubambisene no-'Indiana Jones of the Deep'

Umvubukuli wezasolwandle, uMensun Bound, owaba sematheni emhlabeni wonke ngoMashi ngokutholwa komkhumbi ka-Sir Ernest Shackleton, i-Endurance, uzophinde alibangise olwandle kuleli hlobo ukuze akhulume ngokukhethekile nezihambeli zaseCunard.

U-Bound uzojoyina i-Queen Mary 2 e-Southampton nge-7-night Transatlantic Crossing ngoJuni 24, 2022, ngaphambi kokufika eNew York ngoJulayi 2. Ebuyela ku-2023, umvubukuli wasolwandle uzojoyina iNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth ohambweni lwe-13-ubusuku obusuka e-Alaska ukuya e-Alaska. I-San Francisco, ithatha ezinye zezindawo eziphefumulayo emhlabeni kanye nezilwane zasendle.

“Kuyilungelo elikhulu ukwamukela u-Mensun Bound ogibele i-flagship yethu i-Queen Mary 2 ngemva nje kohambo lwakhe lomlando lwadonsa amehlo omhlaba,” kusho u-Matt Gleaves, iPhini Likamongameli, Ezohwebo, eCunard, eNyakatho Melika nase-Australasia. “Ngiyazi ukuthi izivakashi zethu zizothakasela ukulandisa kwakhe okokuqala ngohambo lwakhe lwe-Endurance 22, kanye nomsebenzi wakhe omangalisayo, owathatha amashumi eminyaka.”

Endimeni yakhe njenge-Trustee ye-Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust, umvubukuli wasolwandle wase-Oxford wayenguMqondisi Wokuhlola wethimba lochwepheshe be-robotic e-crack deep-ocean, okwathi ngoMashi 5, 2022, bathola ukuphahlazeka komkhumbi okunezitezi kunawo wonke, amathathu. amakhilomitha ngaphansi kweqhwa lolwandle elingapheli lase-Antarctica.  

Uchotshozwe yiqhwa, umkhumbi wacwila ngo-1915 enhliziyweni yalokho uShackleton ngokwakhe akubiza ngokuthi 'ingxenye embi kakhulu yolwandle olubi kakhulu emhlabeni.' Enkulumweni ekhethekile kanye ne-Q&A esemkhunjini i-Queen Mary 2 ngoJuni, u-Bound uzokhuluma esidlangalaleni okokuqala ngqa selokhu abuya ohambweni lwakhe lomlando. Exoxa ngomsebenzi wakhe omangalisayo, u-Bound uzoveza ukuthi bangene kanjani ephaketheni ukuze bathole 'ingozi engafinyeleleki emhlabeni,' i-Endurance ebabazekayo, eqondile futhi esesimweni esihle kakhulu sokulondolozwa endaweni engaqondakali emathafeni a kwalasha oLwandle i-Weddell.

Bound, uthe: “Sekuyizinyanga ezimbalwa ezingavamile kakhulu izinyawo zami zingakafiki phansi selokhu kwaphothulwa i-Endurance 22 Expedition. Ukuthola umkhumbi wokubaluleka okunjalo komlando kuyinto okunzima ukuyithwebula ngamagama ambalwa. Kodwa-ke, ngikubheke ngabomvu ukujoyina iNdlovukazi uMary 2 futhi ngihlanganyele intokozo yami nezinto engihlangabezane nazo okokuqala ngqa nezivakashi zikaCunard.”

Wazalelwa e-Falkland Islands, uMensun Bound wayeyi-Triton Fellow in Maritime Archaeology e-St. Peter's College, e-Oxford, kanye nomqondisi weyunithi yokuqala yezemfundo ye-archeology engaphansi kwamanzi eNgilandi. Eyaziwa ngokuthi 'i-Indiana Jones of the Deep,' u-Bound wenze izinhlolovo zokuphahlazeka kanye nokumba emhlabeni wonke emsebenzini osuthathe iminyaka engu-40.