Shackleton: Death or Glory

2013 • Network

Discovery

Documentary

Can six men endure Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic rescue mission today?

This series follows a modern expedition that re-creates Sir Ernest Shackleton's trans-Antarctic expedition, which launched in 1914. The series joins a crew of five intrepid explorers, led by renowned adventurer, scientist, and author Tim Jarvis, as they duplicate Shackleton's epic sea-and-land voyage in a replica of the original explorer's lifeboat.