The Last Continent (2007)/Antarctic Mission: The Complete Series (2007)

Great Adventurers: Sir Frances Drake: Voyage Around The World (1999)

Category: Documentary | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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The first Englishman to see the Pacific Ocean and the first to circumnavigate the globe, as well as the man responsible for the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, Sir Frances Drake rightfully earned ... more

Great Adventurers: Ernest Shackleton: To The End Of The Earth (1999)

Category: Documentary | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Incredible and inspiring, the legacy of Ernest Shackleton is examined in this documentary that focuses on his Antarctic adventures. Through historical photos and rare film footage, you'll learn how he ... more

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2000)

Category: Documentary | Director: George Butler | Rated: G | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Conrad Anker, Reinhold Messner, Stephen Venables

Documentarian George Butler ("Pumping Iron") examines intrepid explorer Ernest Shackleton's daring trek into a harsh and unforgiving region with this fascinating film, based on the book by Caroline Alexander. ... more

The Last Continent (2007)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

Format: | Starring: Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland narrates this breathtaking documentary that chronicles the brave 430-day journey of a group of Canadian scientists who endured the harsh elements while documenting the condition of ... more

Antarctic Mission: The Complete Series (2007)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

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This comprehensive documentary series co-produced by the CBC and Radio-Canada follows the daring crew of the Sedna IV, a sublime research sailing vessel, as they forge ahead through the extremely cold ... more

Ice People (2008)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Allan A Ashworth, Adam R Lewis, Andrew Podoll

What compels explorers to travel to the extreme environments of the Antarctic? Find out in this gripping documentary that follows filmmaker Anne Aghion to the icy polar region, where she spends four ... more

The Antarctica Challenge (2009)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

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What did researchers stationed in Antarctica discover during International Polar Year (2007-09)? This eye-opening documentary surveys the many interesting finds delivered by the world's scientific community, ... more

Lost In The Grand Canyon (1999)

Category: Documentary | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

Format: | Starring: David Mccullough, Joe Morton, Peter Coyote

The 1869 odyssey of one-armed Civil War veteran-turned-frontier explorer John Wesley Powell, who led his nine-member crew on a 1,000-mile trip down the uncharted Green and Colorado rivers that cost four ... more