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SHACKLETON: There remained but one great main object
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Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival

There remained but one great main object of antarctic journeyings, the crossing of the...

SHACKLETON: There remained but one great main object of antarctic journeyings, the crossing of the south polar continent from sea to sea. The distance will be roughly 1,800 miles, and the first half of this, from the Weddell Sea to the pole, will be over unknown ground. Every step will be an advance in geographical science and this report will prove of great scientific interest

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SHACKLETON: There remained but one great main object
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of antarctic journeyings, the crossing of the south polar continent from sea to sea.
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The distance will be roughly 1,800 miles,
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and the first half of this,
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from the Weddell Sea to the pole, will be over unknown ground.
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Every step will be an advance in geographical science
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and this report will prove of great scientific interest.
Duration
31 seconds
Views
89
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:56
Uploaded
Apr 19, 2025
Genres
documentary, adventure, history
Production
Wild Pacific Media,Definition Films

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28 lost adventurers must fight for their lives after their only lifeline is destroyed in the most uninhabitable place on Earth - Antarctica.
An expedition of this scale would require a budget of millions in today's money. - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:06
An expedition of this scale would require a budget of millio...
To fund his dreams of the South, - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:08
To fund his dreams of the South,
Shackleton had this way of getting people - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:07
Shackleton had this way of getting people
So if you were a wealthy benefactor - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:12
So if you were a wealthy benefactor
In 1907, he was hired to lead the Nimrod expedition to the Antarctic. - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:06
In 1907, he was hired to lead the Nimrod expedition to the A...
Although they set a new record for the most southerly point ever reached, - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:11
Although they set a new record for the most southerly point ...
Shackleton and his men, starving and exhausted, - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:11
Shackleton and his men, starving and exhausted,
It would take Shackleton almost seven years to raise the funding and plan this expedition, - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:11
It would take Shackleton almost seven years to raise the fun...
SHACKLETON: Long days of preparation were over, and the adventure lay ahead. - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:21
SHACKLETON: Long days of preparation were over, and the ad...
(Dogs barking) - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:10
(Dogs barking)
Shackleton was a consummate leader of men - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:09
Shackleton was a consummate leader of men
And he got about 3,000 applicants for the 27 places on the expedition team. - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:06
And he got about 3,000 applicants for the 27 places on the e...
And his recruitment process involved interviews that involved him throwing - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:12
And his recruitment process involved interviews that involve...
And if there was someone who was too rigid in their thinking, - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:13
And if there was someone who was too rigid in their thinking...
He always wanted people who saw a positive in any situation, - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:14
He always wanted people who saw a positive in any situation,
And in the end, how relevant those skills turned out to be. - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:05
And in the end, how relevant those skills turned out to be.
The crew seemed a strong one, - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:07
The crew seemed a strong one,
The Weddell Sea was notoriously inhospitable, - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:09
The Weddell Sea was notoriously inhospitable,
What welcome was the Weddell Sea preparing for us? - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:06
What welcome was the Weddell Sea preparing for us?
To navigate these southern waters, - Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival 00:07
To navigate these southern waters,