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Shackleton: Death or Glory

Season 1 · 3 episodes · Oct 10, 2013

  1. Episode 1

    Escaping the Ice

    Oct 10, 2013

    Polar explorer Tim Jarvis is on a mission to discover what happened on the most famous survival story in history - Sir Ernest Shackleton's Discovery Expedition.

  2. Episode 2

    Lost at Sea

    Oct 17, 2013

    In a tiny replica wooden lifeboat, with 100-year-old equipment, clothes and rations, the team of six men battle 800 miles across the roughest ocean on the planet.

  3. Episode 3

    Beyond Endurance

    Oct 24, 2013

    Following the successful sea crossing from Elephant Island, Tim Jarvis must now traverse the mountains of South Georgia to complete his re-enactment of Shackleton’s “double.” But injury, illness, and bad weather are against him.