Why Antarctic explorers are retracing Shackleton's epic rescue mission
Jun 23, 2025•18 min
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Stranded on the Antarctic ice, their ship sunk - how did Ernest Shackleton's crew survive for two years before being rescued?
ITV News Science Correspondent Martin Stew is on his way to the scene of that mission impossible - more than a hundred years ago.
And from penguins to chimpanzees - conservationist Jane Goodall tells us why what happens in Antarctica impacts all of us.
Martin tells Lucy Watson and this is What You Need To Know.
ITV News Science Correspondent Martin Stew is on his way to the scene of that mission impossible - more than a hundred years ago.
And from penguins to chimpanzees - conservationist Jane Goodall tells us why what happens in Antarctica impacts all of us.
Martin tells Lucy Watson and this is What You Need To Know.
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