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While Shackleton and his crew failed to make the first crossing of the Antarctic continent, their expedition became a larger-than-life testament to heroism and human endurance, with all 28 men surviving two years in the barren,frigid Antarctic after their ship,the. Endurance,was caught in pack ice and eventually crushed.
Sep 23, 1999 · In some ways, Ernest Shackleton is the forgotten man in the history of Antarctic exploration, overshadowed by both the successes and tragedies of his famous rivals. The 'Endurance' leaning to one side during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-17. (Frank Hurley/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images) The ...
Aug 9, 2021 · When asked for a modest £50 donation to the expedition funds, Caird astonished Shackleton by giving £24,000 (about £1,500,000 today). The original idea of a transcontinental crossing came from the Scottish scientist-explorer, William Speirs Bruce. But Bruce struggled to raise money and generously stepped aside for Shackleton.
Preparation. Shackleton began planning his next journey to Antarctica almost as soon as he returned from the Nimrod expedition of 1907 - 1909. He felt certain that others would soon succeed in reaching the South Pole where he had failed having come so close, and so looked to the next goal. This he took as being the crossing of the Antarctic ...
Feb 5, 2001 · Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure is a giant-screen film that tells the dramatic true story of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's now-legendary 1914-1916 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. A testament to heroism and human endurance, the 28-man crew survived nearly two years in the Antarctic when its ship, the Endurance, was trapped and ...
Sep 3, 2002 · Of the many films that have chronicled Ernest Shackleton's team's legendary trans-Antarctic expedition and their struggle for survival, Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure is the only documentary that traces the actual steps of the explorers' blessed journey. While providing a concise summary of the Shackleton team's 1914-16 expedition, this ...
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Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure 2001 40m Documentary List. ... this recounting of the ability of people to survive unimaginable hardship for agonizingly long periods of time and then triumph ...
