Complex sentence: In 1998 wreckage found at Stinker Point on the south western side of Elephant Island was incorrectly identified as flotsam from the ship: it in fact belonged to the 1877 wreck of the Connecticut sealing ship "Charles Shearer".
Split into simpler sentences: In 1998 wreckage found at Stinker Point on the south western side of Elephant Island was incorrectly identified as flotsam from the ship. It in fact belonged to the 1877 wreck of the Connecticut sealing ship "Charles Shearer".