Shackleton: Death or Glory
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Shackleton: Death or Glory

Can six men endure Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic rescue mission today?

2013
1 season
3 episodes
Documentary

This series follows a modern expedition that re-creates Sir Ernest Shackleton's trans-Antarctic expedition, which launched in 1914. The series joins a crew of five intrepid explorers, led by renowned adventurer, scientist, and author Tim Jarvis, as they duplicate Shackleton's epic sea-and-land voyage in a replica of the original explorer's lifeboat.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Escaping the Ice

    10-10-201360m

    Polar explorer Tim Jarvis is on a mission to discover what happened on the most famous survival story in history - Sir Ernest Shackleton's Discovery Expedition.

  • Ep 2

    2.Lost at Sea

    17-10-201360m

    In a tiny replica wooden lifeboat, with 100-year-old equipment, clothes and rations, the team of six men battle 800 miles across the roughest ocean on the planet.

  • Ep 3

    3.Beyond Endurance

    24-10-201360m

    Following the successful sea crossing from Elephant Island, Tim Jarvis must now traverse the mountains of South Georgia to complete his re-enactment of Shackleton’s “double.” But i...

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