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Antarctic Mission: The Great Ocean of Ice: Directed by Jean Lemire, Caroline Underwood. With David Suzuki, Pierre Therrien, Michael Rudder, Martin Watier. Scientists document the effects of climate warming on Antarctic marine life.
- Jean Lemire, Caroline Underwood
- 2007
- Documentary
- 52
Watch or buy on: Antarctic Mission: The Great Ocean of Ice (2007) Directed by Caroline Underwood / Jean Lemire. Genres - Documentary | Release Date - Nov 12, 2007 | Run Time - 52 min. | Countries - United States of America |
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- Endurance Expedition
- Shackleton's Rescue Mission
- Fate of The Second Crew
- Shackleton's Earlier Expeditions
- Additional Reading
- Bibliography
Formally known as the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, the Endurance Expedition to Antarctica began in August 1914. The crew sailed to the Weddell Sea via South Georgia. "His expedition would consist of two ships: one would drop supply depots for him and the other from the other side of the continent, which he would personally lead," British ex...
On April 9 1916, the Endurance Expedition crew left the ice floe in the lifeboats, reaching the uninhabited and remote Elephant Island on April 14. Ten days later, Shackleton set off to find help. He selected five crew members to join him and set sail in the 22.5-foot-long (6.9-meter-long) lifeboat called the "James Caird". He left the remainder of...
The story of the Endurance's crew is a supreme example of survival against the odds. However, the neglected Ross Sea Party became stranded off Antarctica until January 1917. "Shackleton was criminally negligent in his planning for the other side," Fiennes said. "Three of the party (including the commander Aeneas Mackintosh) died and of course there...
In 1901 Shackleton served as Third Officer under the command of Captain Robert Falcon Scott on the British National Antarctic Expedition, named after the expedition's ship 'Discovery'. The expedition was a milestone in British polar exploration, and the group conducted extensive scientific and geographical research into what was then a largely unex...
Historian Dan Snow spoke to Ranulph Fiennes about his research into Shackleton's expedition and his own Antarctic exploring. The Royal Geographical Societyhas a wealth of fantastic home-schooling, classroom or personal study resources on Shackleton's Antarctic expeditions.
"Shackleton: A Biography" Ranulph Fiennes (Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House, 2021)Alfred Lansing, Endurance. The true story of Shackleton’s incredible voyage to the Antarctic (Phoenix, 2003)- Tom Garner
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