Stephen Venables In the Steps of Shackleton

Acclaimed mountaineer
Stephen Venables has twice
repeated Shackleton’s famous
crossing of South Georgia.
One of the great epics of
exploration, Shackleton’s
treacherous expedition to
cross Antarctica via the South
Pole is a tale of escape and
miraculous survival. Forced
to set out in a lifeboat in
search of help after his ship
was crushed in the Antarctic
ice, Shackleton made a
sixteen day voyage 800 miles
across reached the whaling
station of Stromness where he
was able to summon a
successful rescue his remaining
22 companions. Now he
talks about his experiences.