Shackleton

tv show

poster for Shackleton

4 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired April 13, 1983

Overview

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.

Cape Horn - Or South Georgia? poster unavailable

Cape Horn - Or South Georgia?

Season 1 - Episode 4 - 1h 0m

Air Date

May 04, 1983

Overview

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.