South : Sir Ernest Shackleton's glorious epic of the Antarctic / [produced by Frank Hurley].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922, producer.

Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962, producer.

Alexander Street Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.

Shackleton, Ernest Henry.

Endurance (Ship).

Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.

Antarctica.

Discoveries in geography.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Silent films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (81 minutes)

Other Title:

Southward on the queste

Endurance

In the grip of polar ice

In the grip of the polar pack-ice

Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic

Bottom of the world

Ernest Shackleton and the endurance expedition

Place of Publication:

Harrington Park, NJ : Milestone Films, 2000.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

When Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail on the Endurance on August 8, 1914, he was already an internationally renowned Antarctic explorer and a national hero. He planned a brave attempt to cross the continent of Antarctica via the Pole. Raising money for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic (ITA) expedition was a huge struggle. With an eye toward profiting from their adventures, Shackleton hired experienced cameraman Frank Hurley, whose films and photographs would hopefully pay for part of the expedition. But within a day's travel (80 miles) of land, the Endurance was trapped in unusually heavy pack ice. Completely stuck, Shackleton and his crew drifted helplessly northward during the long Antarctic winter night while listening to the shrieks and moans of the Endurance slowly being crushed by the mounting pressure. What followed is one of the greatest adventure stories ever and a unbelievable tale of courage and survival. The crew drifted on ice floes for months before landing on the completely deserted Elephant Island. Though his crew was safe for now, there was no chance for resue. So Ernest Shackleton and five of his men made a 850-mile journey in an open boat with only a sextent to guide them across the roughest seas in the world to miraculously reach Georgia Island. Even then, they had to become the first people ever to climb over the island's forbidding mountain to reach civilization on the other side.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed February 09, 2017).

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OCLC:

974278092

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.