The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (DVD, 2003)

An account of remarkable heroism against impossible odds.
This movie documents the survival experiences of 28 men lead by Ernest Shackleton in a failed attempt to transverse Antarctica. Their ship, the Endurance is crushed and sunk by pack ice and they are stranded on an ice flow during the frigid Antarctica winter. What transpires goes beyond ones ability to comprehend their hardships. In the world of today, one would find it difficult to believe that even the hardiest of today’s men would be able to endure what these men experienced surviving with limited supplies for over a year and a half in the harshest environment in the world.
Great original photography from the actual expedition by Frank Hurley combined with reenactments from the actual locations in Antarctic. The special features contain additional expedition details from the crew’s diaries and the ship’s logs that document their experiences and hardships in even greater detail.
Truly the greatest factual survival story in history!

In the golden age of exploration, shortly before World War I, Ernest Shackleton and 27 men set out to become the first team of explorers to cross Antarctica from one end to the other. And here starts the ill-fated journey of one of the most awesome "man against nature" sagas ever told. Five months after departing England to Antarctica, the ship, Endurance, became icebound and entrapped. Shortly after Shackleton issued an abandon ship order, the ship crumbled under the pressure of ice and sank. The documentary then traces the men's perilous journey through storms and icebergs and ends in a dramatic climax of Shackleton's heroic attempts to rescue his men from Elephant Island.

The film, peppered with photographs and 35mm footage, taken by the expedition photographer, is haunting. Yet it stands as a testament to the human spirit of survival, leadership, and endurance.

I watched his story on PBS 10/36 one night and I had to watch it over 2 more times so I decided to save up to purchase the dvd for my collection!!!