Part one of a four-part serial dramatising the life of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Part one of a four-part serial dramatising the life of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
October 1908. McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Forced by ice conditions to break an agreement with Scott, Shackleton has returned to Ross Island. From the expedition's base at Cape Royds an attempt to reach the South Pole is about to begin. The logistical setback has severely limited their plans.