7/10
Shackleton and the Endurance - Factually Incorrect
7 July 2008
One thing in this movie stuck out for me is an incorrect statement about a very famous event. Ernest Shackleton did have a hut near McMurdo and did participate in expeditions in the area, but the ill-fated Endurance was stuck in the ice in the Weddell Sea, and not the Ross Sea as reported in the movie. Pretty much the other side of the continent and a fact that anyone who has followed Shackleton would easily know.

Despite this, I enjoyed seeing the movie. I was lucky enough to visit Antarctica and South Georgia a few years ago. It's a beautiful place, and the thought of the massive environmental changes happening there is distressing. If this movie can highlight taking care of this beautiful part of our earth then it's well worth the time to see it.
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