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Twenty- eight men fought unceasingly to save their ship from the. The outside world had no idea of their predicament as.

With civilization over 1. Confronted with the approach of the Antarctic winter and the coldest climate on. PETER WORDIE (Son of James Wordie): My father never—to any of us, his. Endurance expedition. Occasionally an odd.

He never let us read. They were locked up. ALEXANDER MACKLIN (Son of Endurance doctor Alexander Macklin): In. And that's probably.

MARY CREAN O'BRIEN (Daughter of Endurance seaman Tom Crean): My. Antarctic. I often wondered, was it too. Did he want to forget it? But he did say they had a tough time. And the. one thing he did show us now was his ears. They had suffered frostbite. They. were like boards.

NARRATOR: One man above all bore responsibility for their. Sir Ernest Shackleton. A veteran of polar exploration, he knew that. For Shackleton, the stark reality of their plight was terrifyingly. With no chance of rescue it was up to him to get his men out alive. Twilight Gangsters Movie Watch Online. Their struggle would become legend, a testament to the human spirit and an.

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And by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by contributions to your. PBS station from viewers like you. Thank you. NARRATOR: In 1. Anglo- Irish explorer named Sir Ernest. Shackleton set an ambitious goal: ERNEST SHACKLETON VOICEOVER: After the conquest of the South Pole there.

Antarctic continent. The distance will be roughly 1. Every step will advance geographic science. It will be the. greatest polar journey ever attempted. ROLAND HUNTFORD (Historian and Author): Shackleton was an.

He was searching for greatness, for reputation. And. it just so happened that polar exploration offered him the opportunity. JONATHAN SHACKLETON (Ernest Shackleton's cousin): He had a huge. He was full of enterprise. He was very good- natured. And. anybody who ever met him saw that this was someone who was going to get on with.

NARRATOR: Shackleton left boarding school at age 1. But he was soon drawn to the glory of. Robert Scott on his attempt to reach the South. Pole in 1. 90. 2.

Like beasts of burden they man- hauled supplies, but failed to. Over 4. 00 miles from the. At 2. 8, Shackleton's ravaged face betrayed the suffering he had endured. Scott dismissed him as "our invalid," and sent him home to England. It was a. devastating indictment but not one shared by the public, which idolized these. Six years later, Shackleton launched his own assault on the pole with. Siberian ponies. Only 9.

While praising Shackleton for lifting the veil from Antarctica, Norwegian. Roald Amundson noted,ROALD AMUNDSON VOICEOVER: If Shackleton had been equipped in dogs and. South Pole would have. NARRATOR: Two years later, Amundson claimed the Pole for.

Norway. Undaunted, Shackleton applied his ambition to the crossing of the. JONATHAN SHACKLETON: Shackleton was the most charming, persistent beggar. And he had a wonderful way of being able to get money for. His outgoing, open approach to things disarmed people. I'm not. saying disarmed them of their money, but people took an instant liking to.

NARRATOR: Born into the middle class, Shackleton's marriage. Emily Dorman helped him court patrons. With gifts and loans, he. Endurance, after his family motto. By Endurance we conquer.".

As war threatened Europe, Shackleton offered his ship and service to the. British Navy, which declined, convinced the fighting would be over in months. Left alone to raise their three children, Emily wrote,EMILY SHACKLETON VOICEOVER: I think fairy tales are to be blamed for.

I never let my children read, "and they were. NARRATOR: On the eve of World War One, the Endurance departed. Antarctica. On board were 6. For Shackleton, personality mattered. JULIAN AYER (Grandson of Colonel Thomas Orde- Lees): My. Ernest Shackleton by replying to an advertisement that was in.

The Times that read, "Men wanted for hazardous. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant. danger.

Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success. Ernest. Shackleton." And such an advertisement would be absolute catnip to my. Colonel Orde- Lees. He couldn't resist it. TOM MCNEISH (Grandson of Endurance carpenter Chippy Mc.

Neish): My. grandfather, Chippy Mc. Neish, saw an advertisement in the paper, and it said you. So he went and seen about it and got it. NARRATOR: Around 5. Shackleton's sheer. ROLAND HUNTFORD: This has got to do with some force of character, some.

You can't learn it. You can't develop it. It's. something you radiate. He had this. NARRATOR: From England, the Endurance crossed the Atlantic to. Buenos Aires then headed towards Antarctica. Within days she entered the.

Southern Ocean. Expedition photographer Frank Hurley, who had previously filmed in the. Endurance's passage through the winds known as the. Roaring Forties: "FRANK HURLEY VOICEOVER: For a week, he has flung magnificent power at. NARRATOR: On November 5th, the towering ranges of South. Georgia, a sub- Antarctic island, came into view.

The Endurance dropped anchor. Grytviken, a dingy whaling station surrounded by snow- capped mountains. It. was the peak of the whaling season and 3. TIM CARR (Curator, South Georgia Whaling Museum): When Shackleton. Grytviken, whale catchers were coming in with their catches. And. they're saying there's a lot of ice around, and this appeared to them to be a.

This was a bit of a warning to him, and they were. NARRATOR: The days in South Georgia passed pleasantly as the. Frank. Hurley enlisted help to haul equipment up a nearby mountain to photograph the.

Endurance at harbor. He was, according to one man, "a warrior with his camera. Shackleton spent time with local whalers learning about Antarctica's.

Weddell Sea, infamous for crushing ships. By the end of December he. Vahsel Bay, a landing point that gave him the shortest route. Antarctica. From here, he would sledge inland with five men- and- dog. SIR RANULPH FIENNES (Explorer and Author): If you want to try and. China, you only have a.

November and. March to get from A to B—if you're going to survive. If you overstayed or you. NARRATOR: With the southern summer warming South Georgia and. Europe, Shackleton grew desperate to depart. He could only pray.

RICHARD HUDSON (Son): I have here a letter, which my father wrote to his. South Georgia on the 2nd of December 1. It says, "Dear. old Dad, just a line before we sail. This is the last port before the South. We. have had a very good time so far, and I think we shall do well. I hope to be. home again within 1.

I can manage it, go straight to the front. What a glorious age we live in."NARRATOR: As South Georgia disappeared, Alexander Macklin, the. ALEXANDER MACKLIN VOICEOVER: We had now cut ourselves adrift from. We met several large 'bergs. NARRATOR: But Shackleton watched with alarm. As they. encountered stream ice he ordered the sails taken in and proceeded cautiously.

Checking the noon latitude he was shocked to find ice so far north. Orde- Lees, a captain in the military, described their enemy: COLONEL ORDE- LEES VOICEOVER: This, then, is the pack, a sight worth. And even as I write the book is constantly being jerked. TIM CARR:To go through those large blocks of ice in a wooden ship is a. It feels as if the boat is being hammered by. You think the boat is really being.