
A four-part drama adaptation about the life of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Based on Shackleton’s own journals. 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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Air Date: 1983-04-13
Part one of a four-part serial dramatising the life of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Air Date: 1983-04-20
October 1908. McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Forced by ice conditions to break an agreement with Scott, Shackleton has re...
Air Date: 1983-04-27
1914. Following the shattering news of Scott's death on his return journey from the South Pole, Shackleton formulates...
Air Date: 1983-05-04
December 1916. After the loss of 'Endurance', Shackleton and his 27 men endeavour to cross the frozen Weddell Sea. La...