Just 85 miles (136km) from her destination, Endurance was frozen in place stuck fast in a great chunk of ice.

ECONOMIST: Antarctic exploration

The roof of a house in Chichester, West Sussex, was damaged in 2010 when a chunk of ice crashed into it at night.

BBC: Falling ice chunk smashes into Derbyshire house

The drifting chunk of ice, more than 32 miles long by 12 miles wide, forced the drill ship Noble Discoverer to move off the planned well as a precaution, company spokesman Curtis Smith said.

CNN: Ice floe halts Shell's new Arctic well