(MOD) Photo: HMS Endurance's Lynx Helicopter circles overhead the MS Nordkapp. Her sister ship the MS Nordnorge is in the background [Picture: LA(Phot) Kelly Whybrow] ...

HMS Endurance carried a pair of Lynx M3 helicopters from 815 Naval Air Squadron, which are used to support the ship's patrol and hydrographic survey work in Antarctic waters. Bearing the same name ...

The Royal Navy survey vessel HMS Endurance - 180 miles from the men - had dispatched a Lynx helicopter in case it was needed for a rescue operation. A spokesman said the helicopter was on its way ...