The Age Of Exploration. South is the extraordinary chronicle of one of history's greatest epics of courage and leadership. In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton embarked on an expedition to cross Antarctica via the South Pole. Before it could reach shore the explorer's ship Endurance was trapped in pack ice held frozen in a sea of icebergs for eight months and finally crushed. After five months adrift on ice floes the crew embarked on a perilous sea voyage to rocky windswept Elephant
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. SOUTH A film by Frank Hurley Photographed by Frank Hurley, South is the film record of Sir Ernest Shackleton's heroic but ill-starred attempt to cross Antarctica in 1914-16. It is both a unique historical document, and a tribute to the indomitable courage of a small party of men who set out on a voyage of discovery that turned into an epic struggle for survival. This restored version of the film has been constructed by the National Film and Television Archive from a wide range of materials. The NFTVA has applied its own tinting and toning to match the original prints, and has produced this handsome and richly coloured testament to a remarkable episode in the history of exploration.
This 1919 documentary, filmed by Frank Hurley, tinted and restored by the National Film and Television Archive, chronicles Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to cross Antarctica between 1914 and 1916. Having already served under Captain Scott in 1902 and set the record for the furthest distance travelled south in 1908, Shackleton set out just as Britain declared war on Germany, planning to cross Antarctica via the South Pole. However, his mission proved to be an ill-fated one.
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