Shackleton — Season 1, Episode 1: A Merchant Navy Man
Drama, Action & Adventure • 60 min • 1 season, 4 episodes • ★ 6.5/10
Episode synopsis
Part one of a four-part serial dramatising the life of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
About Shackleton
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.