Shackleton: Death or Glory

Name: Shackleton: Death or Glory
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-10-10
Cast: Tim Jarvis

— Oct 2013 1 Season 3 Episodes TV-PG

Ended

Documentary

Overview

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.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · English

Cast

Tim Jarvis

Self

Key Crew

Jamie Berry

Director

Tim Jarvis

Consulting Producer

Ed Wardle

Producer

Jamie Berry

Producer

Joe French

Producer

Simon Wagen

Director of Photography

Enge Gray

Colorist

Chris Muckle

Editor

Jean-Paul Vial

Online Editor

Escaping the Ice

Polar explorer Tim Jarvis is on a mission to discover what happened on the most famous survival story in history - Sir Ernest Shackleton's Discovery Expedition.

Oct 10, 2013 60m

Lost at Sea

In a tiny replica wooden lifeboat, with 100-year-old equipment, clothes and rations, the team of six men battle 800 miles across the roughest ocean on the planet.

Oct 17, 2013 60m

Beyond Endurance

Following the successful sea crossing from Elephant Island, Tim Jarvis must now traverse the mountains of South Georgia to complete his re-enactment of Shackleton’s “double.” But injury, illness, and bad weather are against him.

Oct 24, 2013 60m

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