Title:
Chasing Shackleton
Author:
Wardle, Edmund, television producer.
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication Information:
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2014]
©2014
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Can six people endure Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic rescue mission today? Using a replica boat, and the same equipment and clothing as would have been used in 1914, explorer Tim Jarvis and his crew attempt to follow in Shackleton's wake, going beyond the point of no return, using their firsthand extreme experience measured against historical accounts to unlock the secrets of Shackleton's survival.
General Note:
Documentary.
Originally produced as a television mini-series.
Program content: ©2013.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
TV parental guidelines rating: Not rated.
Corporate Subject:
Conference Subject:
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9781608830350
UPC:
841887020374
Format :
DVD
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Summary
Summary
Can six people endure Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic rescue mission today? Using a replica boat, and the same equipment and clothing as would have been used in 1914, explorer Tim Jarvis and his crew attempt to follow in Shackleton's wake, going beyond the point of no return, using their firsthand extreme experience measured against historical accounts to unlock the secrets of Shackleton's survival. Narrated by Brian Cox.