Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestWith their ship trapped, Shackleton and his men are forced onto the ice, and it becomes clear that the only way out is to haul boats across the ice floes to the sea. Against all odds, the men reach the water and endure a ninety-mile journey across the South Atlantic to Elephant Island.
The true story of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the the South Pole and his epic struggle to lead his crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.
Acting
Branagh's exhausted eyes carry entire doomed expedition
Production
Ice-bound authenticity will make you check thermostat
Direction
Two episodes of escalating despair, beautifully managed
Kenneth Branagh
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Phoebe Nicholls
Emily Shackleton
Eve Best
Eleanor Shackleton
Mark Tandy
Frank Shackleton
Ian Mercer
Ernest Holness
Lorcan Cranitch
Frank Wild
Kevin McNally
Frank Worsley
Ken Drury
Henry Mcneish
Shaun Dooley
Hubert Hudson
Pip Torrens
James McIlroy
Jamie Lee
James Wordie
Corin Redgrave
Lord Curzon
Danny Webb
Perris
Embeth Davidtz
Rosalind Chetwynd
Mark McGann
Tom Crean
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Branagh spent weeks in a refrigerated warehouse to capture authentic shivering. Method acting: hypothermia edition.
Shackleton's 'successful failure' became a 1990s business leadership cult obsession—ironic given he bankrupted every investor.
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