Shackleton(2002)
Overview
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.
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Emily Shackleton
Eleanor Shackleton
Frank Shackleton
Ernest Holness
Frank Wild
Frank Worsley
Henry Mcneish
Hubert Hudson
James McIlroy
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