The Endurance [videorecording] : Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition / a White Mountain Films, NOVA co-production in association with Shackleton Schools, Channel 4, Telepool/Germany, SVT/Sweden ... Morgan Stanley presents ; producer, George Butler ; writers, Caroline Alexander, Joseph Dorman ; director, George Butler.
Voices: Simon Prebble, Drew DeCarvalho, Steven Crossley, Dominic Hawksley, Paul Ricketts. Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. Based on the book by Caroline Alexander. Special features: isolated score; director's commentary; bonus trailer.
Summary:
In August, 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton, renowned explorer set sail with 27 men on his ship The Endurance. His plan was to be the first expedition to cross the Antarctic continent. Marooned on four feet of ice, in over 8,000 feet deep water, Shackleton and his crew survived some 635 days and nights, without proper shelter or rations, enduring the harshest conditions imaginable.
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