One of the most famous polar shipwrecks has been filmed in detail on the sea floor for the first time.
The Terra Nova carried Captain Scott and his men on their doomed expedition to reach the South Pole more than a century ago.
The British party lost the race to the pole and died on their return journey in 1912.
The footage shows the Terra Nova colonised with sea life, but key features of the wooden ship are still visible including its wheel, winch, and mast.
The wreck lies 170m down off the coast of Greenland. After the polar expedition with Scott, the ship continued in service and eventually sank in 1943 while carrying supplies to US bases during World War Two.
The Terra Nova was discovered in 2012, but the new expedition has been the first opportunity to record extensive footage of the wreck.
To be able to see these significant parts of the wreck, it was truly awe inspiring, said Leighton Rolley, Science Systems Manager at REV Ocean.
The wheel was sat there perfectly intact amongst the debris of the aft section of the wreck. When you think of the people who have stood there, manoeuvred the Terra Nova through ice, like Captain Scott… It was like, wow, if that ship's wheel could talk, it could tell an amazing history.
The Terra Nova was one of the finest polar vessels of its time and sailed for 60 years. The ship was 57m (187ft) long with a wooden hull that was a metre thick in places to help it break through the sea ice.
In January 1913, the Terra Nova arrived at Cape Evans in the Antarctic to pick up the shore party and they were expecting to pick up Captain Scott and his pole party at the same time, but when they arrived they found out the sad news. The ship's log records that Scott's men had died from “exposure and want.”
The vessel sailed on to New Zealand, where the tragic end of the Terra Nova expedition was announced to the world.
