South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917

As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole.

But their initial optimism was short-lived as ice floes closed around their ship, gradually crushing it and marooning twenty-eight men on the polar ice.

Alone in the world's most unforgiving environment, Shackleton and his team began a brutal quest for survival.