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The Endurance is a 2000 documentary film directed by George Butler about Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition in 1914. It is based on the book of the same name. Endurance was the name of the ship of Shackleton's expedition.
As well as sails, Endurance had a 350 hp (260 kW) coal-fired steam engine, making the ship capable of speeds up to 10.2 kn (18.9 km/h; 11.7 mph). [3] At the time of her launch in 1912 Endurance was arguably the strongest wooden ship ever built with the possible exception of Fram, the vessel used by Fridtjof Nansen and later by Roald Amundsen ...
Shackleton's Captain is a 2012 New Zealand documentary directed by Leanne Pooley. [1] The film chronicles the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, focusing on the pivotal role of Captain Frank Worsley in ensuring the crew's survival after their ship, the Endurance, was trapped and crushed by Antarctic pack ice.The documentary combines expert interviews ...
The film crosscuts between two journeys: the Shackleton expedition (which it shows us in extraordinary detail) and the attempt in 2022 by a team of researchers, led by the venerable maritime ...
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winners Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin and BAFTA-nominated director Natalie Hewit are boarding the National Geographic documentary Endurance (working title), the incredible story ...
The wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ship “Endurance” has been found 107 years after it sank off the coast of Antarctica and National Geographic has been swift to commission a documentary on the ...
South: Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic of the Antarctic is a 1919 silent film documentary of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, directed by Frank Hurley. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The film was restored by the British Film Institute and the new print was screened in theaters in 2000. [ 4 ]
Shackleton then led a crew of five aboard the James Caird, the best surviving open boat, through the Drake Passage, even though there were no sun appearances for precise navigation. Through the dead-reckoning skills of Shackleton and his navigator, Frank Worsley , the bedraggled party reached South Georgia Island 650 nautical miles away, their ...