In 1914, Ernest Shackleton chooses to lead a team on their famous journey aboard the Endurance. When the ship is trapped and crushed by pack-ice, Shackleton and five of his men embark on a desperate 800-mile journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia.
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In 1914, Ernest Shackleton chooses to lead a team on their famous journey aboard the Endurance. When the ship is trapped and crushed by pack-ice, Shackleton and five of his men embark on a desperate 800-mile journey from Elephant Island to
A Merchant Navy Man
Apr 13, 198360 min
Part one of a four-part serial dramatising the life of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Our Dead Bodies Must Tell the Tale
Apr 20, 198360 min
October 1908. McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Forced by ice conditions to break an agreement with Scott, Shackleton has returned to Ross Island. From the expedition's base at Cape Royds an attempt to reach the South Pole is about to begin. The l
Men Wanted for Hazardous Journey
Apr 27, 198360 min
1914. Following the shattering news of Scott's death on his return journey from the South Pole, Shackleton formulates a new challenge on Antarctica. Sailing south in 'Endurance', his expedition will cross the vast continent.
Cape Horn - Or South Georgia?
May 4, 198360 min
December 1916. After the loss of 'Endurance', Shackleton and his 27 men endeavour to cross the frozen Weddell Sea. Land lies 350 miles away, and as they drift helplessly northwards they know that soon the ice will break beneath them.
Michael Hayward
‘Putty’ Marston
David Schofield
Sir Ernest Shackleton
David Rodigan
Frank Wild
Victoria Fairbrother
Emily Dorman
Robert Lang
Major Darwin
Robert James
Sir John Scott-Keltie
Neil Stacy
Robert Scott
Geoffrey Chater
Sir Clements Markham
Raymond Adamson
R.G.S. Member
Paul Hastings
Dr. Edward Wilson
John Watts
Frank Worsley
Peter Dahlsen
Frank Hurley
