From the outset, the cast and crew knew this would be the experience of a lifetime, as they would be living on an icebreaking ship and working on the ice floes.
But nothing had prepared them for just how closely they would parallel Shackleton's own journey, and for the real physical dangers that awaited them.
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Shackleton: Breaking the Ice
From the outset, the cast and crew knew this would be the experience of a lifetime, as they would be living on an…
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