I know when I first watched this I was blown away with it. An accurate depiction of true events which, if fiction, would be regarded as implausible.
On second viewing I thought about the actual madness of the journey itself.
Along with the onset of war it seems that all you had to be was British, have a stiff upper lip and all would be well.
On this expedition Shackleton achieved nothing that he set out to do. He fell at the first hurdle and it is extremely doubtful that he would have survived a polar crossing. Like Scott, they hadn't thought it through.
What he did achieve was remarkable but was obviously so fixated on himself and whatever it was that drove him on that he went back to Antarctica some years later and paid the ultimate price.
On second viewing I thought about the actual madness of the journey itself.
Along with the onset of war it seems that all you had to be was British, have a stiff upper lip and all would be well.
On this expedition Shackleton achieved nothing that he set out to do. He fell at the first hurdle and it is extremely doubtful that he would have survived a polar crossing. Like Scott, they hadn't thought it through.
What he did achieve was remarkable but was obviously so fixated on himself and whatever it was that drove him on that he went back to Antarctica some years later and paid the ultimate price.