Great Adventurers: Ernest Shackleton, To The End Of The World

They are some of the most celebrated episodes in history remarkable stories of courage and determination, of men who risked it all in their burning desire to succeed. Great Adventurers tells the stories of the momentous events which adorn the pages of history and of those whose deeds have stirred the heart ever since. This episode highlights Ernest Shackleton's heroic attempt to lead the first expedition across the last unknown continent of Antarctica in 1914-16.

• documentary
• history