Shackleton's Captain (2012)

Directed by

Leanne Pooley

Genre

drama, documentary

Country

New Zealand

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Captain Frank Worsley and his crew during a disastrous Antarctic expedition in the early 1900s. After their ship gets stuck and destroyed in the ice, they must fight to stay alive in one of the most hostile places on Earth.

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What happens

Shackleton's Captain is a 2012 New Zealand documentary directed by Leanne Pooley. The film chronicles the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, focusing on Captain Frank Worsley's and his crew's experiences after their ship, the Endurance, was trapped and crushed by Antarctic pack ice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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