Shackleton's Antartic Adventure

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackletonexped/1914/ | 4/6/2002 | me

[rohry]

Something different tonight, a real good movie...

[rohry]

Go see this movie...

[Valin]

"MEN WANTED: FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. SMALL WAGES, BITTER COLD, LONG MONTHS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS, CONSTANT DANGER, SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL. HONOUR AND RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS. SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON"

Shackletons ad in a London Paper.

[Lizzy W]

Thanks, Rohry. I love the IMAX and this is the perfect excuse for me to head down to the water :)

[arete]

And I'm worried about the upcoming hurricane season . . .

Richard W.

[rohry]

I'm worried about the upcoming hurricane season . . .

A waitress at The Crabhouse told us that I26 was a "parking lot" 4 years ago during the last hurricane alert. I've got a second floor apartment, I guess I'll stay put and hope the roof doesn't blow off and the Ashley doesn't rise more than 10 feet!

[IronJack]

And their ship was called Endurance.

This truly is a moving story. I've seen it recounted several times in different venues, and it still reaffirms my faith in all that men can be.

[LS]

Talk about a guy who made every mistake in the book. He used horses instead of dogs, when for horses you had to bring their own food with you, and could not feed a dead horse to other horses. He survived in spite of his poor planning.

[rohry]

Talk about a guy who made every mistake in the book.

Actually, I you're thinking of Scott and his ill-fated trip. This expedition was later and the goal was to cross the entire Antarctic continent, not go to the South Pole. They had dogs (no horses) and there are some 90 year-old films showing them taking care of them (apparantly they were susceptible to sea-sickness).

Imagine a year and a half living in those conditions with no loss of life!

[rohry]

Thought you might want to read about this powerful movie!

[Drew68]

A&E television is airing the original film Shackleton starring Kenneth Braunaugh tonight and tomorrow night. (part one airs several times this evening, part two will air tomorrow). I plan on watching it. A&E has made some pretty good original docudramas.

[Drew68]

Shackleton starring Kenneth Braunaugh

Oops! That would be Shackelton starring Kenneth Branagh.

[rohry]

Thanks for the heads up.

This Imax movie has got to be one of the most moving things I've ever seen. Original films (90 years old) mixed with modern shots of Giant icebergs and iceflows. Picture a 5-story high screen with surround sound! No Hollywood drama needed...

Next month they will be showing a movie taken from the Space Station. They showed a trailer and you're looking down on Earth and you feel like you're going to fall!

[mountaineer]

Thanks for the ping. Hubby and I watched a documentary about Shackleton a week or so ago (can't remember which network aired it), and it was absolutely enthralling. What amazed me was that all those photographs of the excursion survived to show us what it really was like.

[rohry]

What amazed me was that all those photographs of the excursion survived to show us what it really was like.

The photographer himself recovered the glass plates of those photos by diving into the freezing Antarctic water after the ship had sunk. Shackleton ordered the remaining plates destroyed (the ones still on the sunken ship) so that the photographer would not risk his life a second time to recover them.

The network you saw a movie on Shackleton was A&E. In fact it's on tonight at 8 PM (Eastern). This is not the same movie that we saw.

[Drew68]

The network you saw a movie on Shackleton was A&E. In fact it's on tonight at 8 PM (Eastern).

Actually, they are different. The one last week (I watched it) was a documentary with archived footage. The one this evening and tomorrow is a re-enactment with actors.

[afraidfortherepublic]

This movie is playing on A & E tonight, I think.

[razorback-bert]

Hope tomorrow night moves faster than tonight's show.

[LadyDoc]

FYI: The PBS special told the story using the original film and photos.

The A&E special was a BBC film staring Kenneth Branneth.

THe PBS told the story, the BBC film went into personalities, but I couldn't decide if I liked Branneth's portrayal or not.

Allister Mc Lean (the writer) used to have his fictional heros quote that if you were in an impossible bind, pray to God and ask for Shackelton.

I've been an Endurance fan ever since my brother lent me the book in junior high school.