Shackleton: Death or Glory
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.
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- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- October 10, 2013
- Last air date
- October 24, 2013
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- Episode runtime
- 3h
- Network
- Discovery
- Original language
- EN
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