WtchyChick13
February 26th, 2003, 02:34 AM
In the trivia thread I had asked a question about Ernest Shakleton's voyage to the Antarctic region.
Ironically, PBS ran a special NOVA tonite on the man and his accomplishments. Although I'm a little late in posting this--since it aired earlier tonite...it IS being rerun on many of their sister stations. (I'm in an area where I get three sisters and it ran at different times on all three.)
I thought I'd share the link to their site: Shakleton (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/) You can find out all sorts of info on the man.
If you ever get to see the movie recently shown on A&E starring Kenneth Brannaugh as Shakleton, please do. It was hypnotizing to watch what these men went through on that first voyage on the ship Endurance. (I pre-warn the animal lovers among you--the second half of this movie is a little hard to take.) However, it was brilliantly depicted and Brannaugh was wonderful in the role.
To me, the most amazing thing about that particular trip was that even though the ship sank, the men became separated for months--NOT ONE MAN DIED. Shakleton returned to England with every single man that he left with.
As a matter of fact, when he attempted the voyage again, many of his original crew took it with him.
A true testament to the feelings they had for him.
Ironically, PBS ran a special NOVA tonite on the man and his accomplishments. Although I'm a little late in posting this--since it aired earlier tonite...it IS being rerun on many of their sister stations. (I'm in an area where I get three sisters and it ran at different times on all three.)
I thought I'd share the link to their site: Shakleton (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/) You can find out all sorts of info on the man.
If you ever get to see the movie recently shown on A&E starring Kenneth Brannaugh as Shakleton, please do. It was hypnotizing to watch what these men went through on that first voyage on the ship Endurance. (I pre-warn the animal lovers among you--the second half of this movie is a little hard to take.) However, it was brilliantly depicted and Brannaugh was wonderful in the role.
To me, the most amazing thing about that particular trip was that even though the ship sank, the men became separated for months--NOT ONE MAN DIED. Shakleton returned to England with every single man that he left with.
As a matter of fact, when he attempted the voyage again, many of his original crew took it with him.
A true testament to the feelings they had for him.