| Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | |
| Director: | George Butler |
| Producer: | George Butler Scott Swofford |
| Narrator: | Kevin Spacey |
| Starring: | Michael Gambon Conrad Anker Iain Fraser |
| Music: | Sam Cardon |
| Cinematography: | Reed Smoot |
| Studio: | WGBH Boston White Mountain Films |
| Distributor: | WGBH Giant-Screen Films |
| Runtime: | 40 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $15,553,324[1] |
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure is an IMAX film about the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton between 1914 and 1917. 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, .
In 1914, Shackleton set out to walk across the whole of Antarctica. 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-flow 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.