South: Sir Ernest Shackelton And The Endurance Expedition

In August of 1914, three years after Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen completed the first successful excursion to the South Pole, a 28-man expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton and experienced arctic explorer Frank Wild set sail from England. Shackleton's plan: to top Amundsen's achievement (and eclipse the posthumous fame of his rival Robert Falcon Scott, who died in 1911 on a polar mission gone awry) by crossing the frozen continent on foot. Almost two years later, Shackleton and his men returned, having survived a cruel test of nature's caprice and cruelty. Their ship, the Endurance, became ice-bound before they reached land, forcing the men to make camp o...