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In 1914 Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Antarctic Expedition set out to walk 1600 miles across the Antarctic from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea.

But his epic crossing never happened. Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, became trapped in the ice, eventually sinking. Without their ship he and his men suffered extreme hardships. Stranded on Elephant Island they would undoubtedly have died if Shackleton, and a select crew, had not undertaken a perilous sea voyage aboard a small boat in search of help. 

Format

Using archive images and first person storytelling Steve recreates Shackleton's doomed expedition and his heroic rescue mission to South Georgia in the James Caird lifeboat.

Extension activity - freeze frame drama session bsed on Shackleton's story.

Ideally suitable for class-size groups.