Having had a taste of Antarctic adventure on Captain Scott's failed 1901 bid to reach the South Pole, seven years later Ernest Shackleton leads his own expedition. Agonisingly close to reaching the Pole, the men have to pull back in an appalling blizzard to reach their ship before the advancing ice cuts off the passage home. By 1911 Roald Amundsen has reached the Pole and Scott and his men, trailing in the Norwegian's wake, have perished. Undeterred, in 1914 Shackleton and his trusted deputy Frank Wild set out on their most famous journey aboard Endurance, with the aim of crossing the icy continent from sea to sea.
Show Info
Network: BBC Two
(1983 -
1983)
Schedule: Wednesdays at 21:30
(60 min)
Status: Ended
Show Type:
Scripted
Genres:
DramaAdventureHistory
Episodes ordered: 4 episodes
(waiting for more votes)
Previous Episode
Cape Horn - or South Georgia?
Episode 1x04; May 4, 1983
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.
Previous Episodes
Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
---|---|---|
1x04: Cape Horn - or South Georgia? | May 4, 1983 | |
1x03: Men Wanted for Hazardous Journey | Apr 27, 1983 | |
1x02: Our Dead Bodies Must Tell the Tale | Apr 20, 1983 |