Directed by George Butler, the film was released in February 2001 and was narrated by Kevin Spacey.

It documents Shackleton's journey aboard the Endurance and was the follow-up to Butler's previous film, The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition.

While the South Pole had already been discovered, people had yet to make the cross-continent trek on foot.

Before making landfall, however, his ship became trapped in the ice floe of the Weddell Sea where he and his crew stayed for over 400 days.

[2] The film was shot on location in Antarctica and also utilizes footage taken by the original expedition photographer, Frank Hurley.