"Hier liegt der magnetische Pol und hier, das auf unserer Heimfahrt gegen Nord entdeckte neue Land." "Danke." "Hier einen kleinen Adelie Pinguin bei Besichtigugn eines Hundes." "Danke." "Und hier zwei Kaiser Pinguine bei derselben Beschaeftigung." "Danke, danke." "Nur ein Englaender koennte so stolz sein auf sein Versagen." "Sie wollten den Suedpol erreichen, und..." "Thanks." "...haben sie versagt, und jetzt kommen sie her..." "What doesVersagenmean?" "Failure." "He say..." "I know what he's saying." "Thank you for your question." "You're right, sir, we failed." "We failed to reach the South Pole." "I turned back." "I chose life over death for myself and for my friends, which is why I am here to tell you about it tonight." "But others follow in our footsteps:" "Captain Scott, taking our route, the Norwegian, Amundsen, from the Bay of Wales." "And if they should fail, then I will try again because I believe it is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown." "The only true failure would be not to explore at all." "Danke." "Thanks." "Your German sounded almost perfect tonight." "Really?" "I think they just don't want to be lectured by an Englishman anymore." "The manager says TheDaily Chroniclehave telephoned three times this evening." "They're on the line now." "Yes." "Thank you." "Sir Ernest Shackleton." "Yes." "I see." "What date exactly?" "And Scott- where is he?" "Well, it is truly extraordinary news and I would offer him my heartiest congratulations." "Yes, you can quote me." "Thank you, good-bye." "Amundsen is back in Tasmania." "He says he reached the South Pole on December 14, last year." "Looks like my career as a lecturer is over." "What about Scott?" "No sign of him." "?" "No one cares for me?" "?" "Not a friend in all the world have I?" "?" "None to soothe my fears?" "?" "None to dry my tears?" "?" "All alone in sorrow I must die.?" "What's all that noise?" "Oh, something Mike used to make us sing in Ireland when we were children." "A temperance song, if you can believe it." "Um, Frank's here." "But don't worry, I'll deal with it." "Ah, yes, my boy." "Your aunts have come to pay you a visit." "They're a terrifying gang." "You should never listen to a word that any of them say." "They'll all be 102 by the time you grow up." "Aunt Kathleen, Aunt..." "I suppose I must get used to creeping around like a criminal." "I'm glad you came." "I'm sorry, I couldn't face everybody- not all at once." "I've had enough lectures to last a lifetime." "Frank, you did the best you could." "You were just unlucky." "It's only money, after all;" "it's never been one of our strengths." "My solicitor says I must prepare myself for a prison sentence." "How does one do that, I wonder?" "Walking around in circles practice, I suppose." "I could find you a pair of striped pajamas." "Make you a bowl of porridge or something." "Come on in." "It's just us." "Mikey, I do hope that all this is not going to hurt you- your plans, I mean." "Oh, what plans?" "What can I do?" "The fashion at the moment is for dead explorers." "Come on." "My next expedition is to the seaside." "You promised." "I have the letter." "You said you'd never go back." "I know, but things have changed." "Besides, I can't lecture anymore." "I'm out of date." "I'm just one more explorer who failed to reach the Pole- the one who inconveniently happens to be alive." "Don't say that." "Don't ever say that." "What about your cigarette company?" "I thought you were going to concentrate on that." "I don't think I'm much of a salesman." "Please, can we go paddling, Mama?" "No, darling." "Please, Mom, please Mom!" "You can do anything when you believe in it." "That's what I mean." "That's why I need to go back." "Please, Mom, please!" "No, darling." "Children, listen to your mother." "She knows best." "One more trip south- that's all it will be." "I'll be too old to go again after that anyway." "I'll stay at home, I'll never take my slippers off." "You can nail them to my feet." "I promise!" "Oh, my goodness!" "I'm soaking wet." "Who put all this water here?" "Children, help me!" "Look, I'll be in London for a few days, just to find out if it's possible." "Oh, good afternoon, Madam." "It'll just be business meetings- very boring;" "you'd hate it." "Anyway, nothing will be different." "Shackleton." "I reserved a table for three." "Yes, sir." "Mrs. Chetwynd." "Sir Ernest has already arrived." "That was definitely a funny look." "Darling, they don't go in for funny looks." "That's why I come here." "Good God." "Half London seems to be in uniform these days." "They can't possibly all be real." "There's a costumier somewhere making a fortune." "How's school?" "I did my recitation today." "Miss Rourke was very pleased." "Who were you?" "Portia." "Ooh!" "Very stern." "What's this?" "Give that back." "Oh, dear, I think my brother's developing an interest in modern art." "Can I have that back, please?" "What on earth is it?" "I'd say it's either an elephant with an arrow through its head or it's the South Pole." "No prizes there." "Let me see it." "Can we order?" "Thank you." "You said you'd never go back." "Don't worry;" "no one will let me." "Can I have my menu, please?" "You said you didn't want to go back." "I know what I said." "A race to the Pole." "What I'm proposing is something much more important." "The public likes a race, and TheChroniclelikes what the public likes." "The public will like this:" "I'm crossing the entire continent- the longest Antarctic or Arctic journey ever attempted, mostly over completely unexplored territory." "I'd still prefer a race." "Thank you, Helen." "It must be an expensive business." "How much do you need?" "Uh, to equip the whole expedition, um, about £60,000." "So, do you want to make a public appeal?" "No, I've tried that before." "The accounting is impossibly complicated." "I'm looking for a small group of private investors." "Well, if it helps, I may know some people who might be interested in the moving-picture rights." "Please sit down." "I may be even interested myself." "If there's a war, the newsreel's going to be very important." "But what about your brother?" "Well, the timing of the trial is unfortunate, but it'll be over soon." "It's a matter of £1,000." "Do you know Frank Hird?" "Well, I've met him." "Mr. Hird is telling anyone that'll listen that your brother stole £60,000 from his father," "Lord Ronald Gower." "He says you introduced Lord Ronald to your brother and knew all about it." "Hird is a madman." "I put the matter in the hands of my solicitors and he withdrew his allegations immediately." "So it's not true?" "That I was involved- absolutely not." "Thus, ladies and gentlemen, it is my hope and my intention to make this journey to the Pole and the mysteries beyond, crossing the entire Antarctic continent from one side to the other." "Close your eyes for a moment, please, and imagine Antarctica." "Let your mind wander across a frozen sea, waves twisted into fantastical shapes, icebergs like fairy castles, shimmering in pearly shades of cobalt blue and rose and silence- utter, absolute, broken only by the thundercrack of splitting ice." "The last page of that great atlas drawn by the explorers of the ancient world lies open before us, and what shall we call it- this new land we have just discovered?" "We'll call it "Archibald Dexter's Land. "" "Mr. Frank Wild, I thank you." "I give you Archibald Dexter's Land." "And that heavenly peak that has just appeared out of the mist?" "Mount Jack Morgan." "Exactly, Mr. Morgan- Mount Jack Morgan!" "Well, he's convinced there's going to be a war." "Yes, I know, he told me." "I suppose the band was your idea." "Guilty." "Well?" "Well what?" "How did you do?" "One invitation to go to the races." "And a request from Mr. Morgan's office to keep in touch with development." "Zero, naught, nothing." "So what's next?" "I don't know." "Rent an office and get started, I suppose." "Excuse me, sir." "Yes, what is it?" "I've come about the job." "I'm sorry I'm early." "How did you know who I was?" "I've seen your picture, sir." "Well, come on, open the door there." "So what's your name?" "Sparks, Marcie Sparks." "Well, take these, then." "How do you spell "apostrophe," Marcie?" "Sir?" ""Apostrophe"- how do you spell it?" "A" " P-O-S-T-R-O-P-H-E." "What do you think, Frank?" "No idea, boss." "Me neither, but it sounds convincing- that's half the battle." "Yes, I'll take this one, Frank." "Marcie, this is Frank Wild, my second-in-command- most experienced Antarctic man you'll ever meet." "How do you do." "Tom Crean, who was with Captain Scott's party last year, but we won't hold that against him, will we, Tom?" "How do you do?" "Pleased to meet you." "Come on, then, let's see what you're made of." "To the editor of TheTimes." "Sir, it has been an open secret for some time that I have been desirous of leading another expedition to the South Polar regions." "Tom, be a good fellow, pop downstairs, put a note on the door that says the position is filled." "I can announce that such an expedition will start next year." ""I have taken the liberty of calling the expedition the Imperial Trans-Antarctic. "" "Who the bloody hell does he think he is?" "Apparently, he's been promised" "£10,000 by the government." "Only if he raises all of the rest of the money first." "Lloyd George is no fool." "Where is Shackleton going to find £60,000?" "He hasn't even paid for his last expedition." "I hope he's not expecting to get any money from us." "This is the Royal Geographical Society." "It's not the Royal Antarctic Exploration Society." "We have other responsibilities." "Gentlemen, I would advise caution." "It's not in our power to stop him." "If we try and he goes ahead, the newspapers, who are his friends, will only make us look foolish." "I propose that we volunteer a small donation before he asks for a larger one, of, shall we say £1,000." "Very well, I shall make it in two payments of £500 and I will make it clear to Sir Ernest that we do not expect him to ask for the second payment." "In writing." "I beg your pardon, Sir John?" "Get him to agree to that in writing." "Hear, hear." "So, you have some money." "Well, £500 will barely keep the expedition in dog food." "What about thisfriend that you said was so generous?" "Mr. Harvey seems to have changed his mind suddenly." "But you have an office and you're advertising for men." "No, I'm not..." "Well, yes, I am and we've, uh, we've made a start." "Thank you." "So it is definite." "Nothing is definite." "Goodness me!" "There's two more sacks downstairs." "I'm George Marston, official artist..." "Putty, you old bastard!" "Sometimes known as Putty." "You sold a painting yet?" "Yes, I have, as a matter of fact." "George." "Tom." "Let me take those." "Well, seems half the country want to come with us." "The boss made the announcement sound too damn comfy." "Is he here?" "No- he's out on the stump." "My party, having sailed through the melting ice of the Weddell Sea, will land here, at Vahsel Bay and there we will make a base;" "and a smaller party will start a march towards the, um..." "Scone?" "The scone, precisely." "At the same time a second group will land on the other side of the continent, the Ross Sea, and make their way across the Beardmore Glacier, towards the Pole- I" " I-I mean, the scone- laying food depots as they go so that my party will have supplies for the second half..." "Oh, Bannis, stop that!" "Bannis, get off." "There you go." "Oh, I'm so sorry, Sir Ernest;" "he's got such a sweet tooth." "I'm being funded by the government and by the Royal Geographical Society and I have several private sponsors but of course there is still a few thousand pounds I need to find before we are completely secure." "It must require great courage to return to a place where you've suffered so much." ""What I aspired to be," ""And was not, comforts me:" ""A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. "" "Robert Browning." "A favorite of mine." "Mine, too." "It's not given to all of us to live a life like yours but you have the power to share your vision and take us with you." "Thank you." "Now I must let you go." "It's a long journey to London, and you have much to do." "Yes, well, uh, thank you for seeing me and, uh, perhaps you will be able to give some thought to the possibility of becoming a sponsor." "Sir Ernest, my contribution towards your exciting adventure is over there on the desk." "Please." "I'm not the sort of woman to waste a man's time." "Miss Stancomb-Wills, I don't know how to thank you." "By succeeding, of course, and perhaps by addressing me in future as Janet." "Francis Shackleton, this court has heard how you have violated all the rules of commercial morality in defrauding a lady, advanced in years, who believed that you were not only her financial advisor but also her friend." "You own bankruptcy precludes your ability to repay her but it is the duty of this court to make it clear that we cannot tolerate behavior of this sort." "I therefore sentence you to 15 months hard labor." ""What, no more?" ""Pay him 6,000 and deface the bond." ""Double 6,000" ""and then treble that" ""before a friend of this description" ""shall lose a hair through Bassanio's fault. "" ""First go with me to church and call me wife... "" ""and then away to Venice, to your friend," ""for never shall you lie by Portia's side" ""with an unquiet sole." "You shall have gold to pay the petty debt 20 times over. "" "What do you think?" "I think you should have defended Frank." "Don't patronize me!" "I'm not." "If you want to be an actress, you will be an actress." "Knowingwhat you want is the hard part, notgettingit." "Promise?" "Promise." "And what if all I want is for you to stay here with me?" ""My purse, my person, my extremist means, lie all unlocked to your occasions. "" "But only for another half an hour." "Ever since I read the advertisement in the newspaper" "I haven't been able to sleep with excitement." "My parents were a bit nervous at first but my mother advised me to line a bath filled with ice cubes." "She said it might help me to make up my mind... but I was quite sure." "This is a difficult one- a 53-year-old Cambridge parasitic biologist." "Does he go in "hopeless" because he's 53 or "mad" because he studies parasites at Cambridge and everyone knows he'll go to Oxford." "Now he's in both." "Um, do you think he..." "Don't worry, Mr. Hudson, he knows you're here." "Yes, I know." "I just couldn't..." "Well, I had to come." "A letter just didn't seem enough." "And you think that this will work?" "In theory, yes, sir." "I'm good with machines." "Came up to town on my motorbike this morning." "This is the bike that broke down?" "Yes, sir, but I had it fixed in a jiffy." "Yes, of course." "Could you build this?" "I don't see why not." ""We three sporty girls have decided to write" ""and beg of you to take us with you on your expedition to the South Pole. "" "I heard that." "No." "Marcie?" "Yes, boss?" "Polite note." "We're going to the admiralty to persuade the first lord to give us Captain Orde-Lees." "Yes, boss, you've got Dudley Docker at 3:00." "Yes, I know, Mr. Hudson, you're a navigator." "Excuse me." "Wait here, please." "Now, whatever you do, keep your mouth shut." "Let me do the talking." "Yes, sir." "What was your name again?" "Orde-Lees, Thomas..." "Tom even." "Nobody calls me Tom." "Ready?" "Yes, sir." "You're not nervous." "No, sir." "Sir?" "Don't worry, I won't be a moment." "We just have a quick question." "Sir, you can't go in there." "Sir!" "Well, I'm off for a game of golf now." "Do you play?" "No, sir." "Me neither." "Ah, thank you, Mr., uh..." "Hudson." "Can I give you a lift anywhere?" "Uh, no, thank you, I think I'll walk." "Might even dance, if you don't mind." "Sir..." "Mr. Hudson..." "I have 300 applications for navigators, you know." "Yes, sir, but I was just wondering..." "Hop in; you've got 20 minutes to yourself." "My work has brought me a great deal of money." "That's why you're here, I take it." "Yes, sir." "You could play, now." "That's just as important." "Last year, I took the whole year off." "Bloody marvelous!" "Have you ever done that?" "No, I haven't." "You should try it- simple and damned effective." "I've taken three months off now and six months off next year and do you know something?" "I have never felt better." "That's what I look for in a man, do you see?" "Well, you know what I mean." "Can't afford to be unhealthy in your business, can you?" "No, quite." "Without good health you can't produce wealth." "That's the motto." "I've told the prime minister" "I'd have half the cabinet on the street if I had my way." "Poor health." "Hmm, how can you run the country if you can't run your own body properly?" "You see my point?" "Yes, I certainly do." "And what does the army have to say about this?" "My C.O. was most sympathetic." "In fact, it was his idea, really, that I should apply." "Said I was probably most suited to Arctic work." "If the regiment was called up, of course, I'd have to come back." "But I'd make my own way." "I'm used to that." "I had an introduction to the late Captain Scott, whose work I've very much admired, but, of course, that isn't of much use now but, uh, I thought I'd try my luck anyway." "I saw the signs, plain as you like:" "Burlington Street." "But this is the thing:" "it was filled with ice." "The whole bloody street was packed with ice and there I was sailing straight down it." "I mean, I don't normally remember dreams at all, but this..." "Where will the sun set this evening, Mr., um..." "Worsley." "Worsley." "Thank you." "Over there, 6:47." "So, I got straight up, came to Burlington Street," "I didn't know what I was looking for, but, um... well, you can imagine what I felt when I saw your sign downstairs:" "Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition." "What else could I do?" "I walked straight up." "My aim is to teach the expedition how to prepare simple dishes in different ways." "An artist can create a great painting with a limited palette of colors;" "a good chef can use a few ingredients to create a thousand dishes." "Thank you, Senor Ardenina." "Leave it." "It's a still picture anyway." "It doesn't matter if it's going or not." "Yes, sir." "Join the line." "Ladder." "Thank you." "Stay there." "Thank you, gentlemen." "There is a suspicion in some quarters that these machines you're going to take, though useless in scientific exploring, have a great effect upon the public." "My Lord, I cannot ignore the public." "Is that not an admission of my point?" "I'd call it a statement, not an admission." "What weight do you carry in your airplanes?" "It is not an airplane;" "it's a sledge with an airplane propeller." "I see." "Are you taking an expert in dog driving?" "Yes, one." "All the dogs will follow the leading team so only one expert handler is required on this sort of ground." "It is the nature of the ground, Sir Ernest, that is of course the great uncertainty." "You might, for example, come across a mountain range." "Possibly." "And if you did it would really be scientifically much more interesting to explore that rather than your journey straight across." "The journey across is the thing I have set myself to do." "I thought I had made that clear." "I do not believe there is a single individual living under the Union Jack in any part of the empire who would not wish the first national flag carried across the Antarctic to be British." "Save your speeches for the papers;" "we're here to discuss the advancement of knowledge." "Then we share a common purpose." "Sir Ernest, you must understand that as scientists, it's inevitable that this committee will put the science first." "My Lord, I not only accept that;" "I embrace it." "But grateful as I am for generous contributions of this society this committee must accept that scientists do not pay for science." "I make no apology for seeking publicity." "Without something that the newsmen can understand and support, there is no pubic;" "without the public, there are no sponsors;" "without sponsorship, there is no expedition." "Believe me, I wish there were an easier way." "Fan; and roll camera." "Fan, snow... and... action!" "The snow's not very realistic, you know." "It should come up from below more." "Really?" "When I get a moment I'll tell him that." "Ernest, let's leave them to it, shall we?" "Just think of the money they're paying." "Anyway, I've got something I want to show you." "Now, I've found a ship." "Where?" "Norway." "Built by the Belgian explorer de Gerlache for Arctic tourists, but he can't sell it." "I think we can get it for a good price." "How much?" "You worry too much." "She's calledPolaris." "We'll have to come up with a better name." "What is this?" "It's a moving picture, called Home of the Blizzard." "Made a fortune in Sydney and I'm trying to get the rights to show it here." "Shot by a chap called Hurley, Frank Hurley." "Well, there's nothing new about moving pictures, you know." "I know, but this man's different." "He makes you feel you're right there standing on the snow with him." "JOURNALIST Look, penguins!" "The public just love them." "That's what we need in our film, lots of penguins." "If we get Hurley, our film company could raise another £10,000 at least." "That way, we may be able to pay for that ship of yours- whatever you call her." "Endurance- that's what we should call her, for my family motto." "What's your motto?" ""By endurance we conquer. "" "If you don't want your food, leave it alone." "Don't sit there just picking at it." "For God's sake go up to your room if you're finished!" "Cecily, if you've finished, too, you can run along." "May I have some more potatoes?" "EMILY Later, darling." "Run along." "None of us see very much of you now." "This is important to us." "I know, I'm sorry." "I've got two sponsors who want to withdraw their money because they're terrified there's going to be a war, and the Norwegian's demanding payment for the ship." "If it doesn't leave London by the end of this month," "I lose all chance of getting to Antarctica this year." "I might as well stop now." "So, you're going to Scotland?" "Yes, to see Sir James Caird." "Oh, Sir Ernest, times are hard with the war a-coming but would ten shillings be of any assistance in your great expedition and would you mind telling me if there's any change?" "I" " I-I'm sorry." "Children, this is your father speaking." "I am on my knees;" "I am so sorry I shouted." "But please, would anyone like to come down the street to purchase a tuppence' worth of ice cream?" "Princes Street." "Right, sir." "Sir James will see you now." "The Austrians are convinced that the assassination of their archduke was financed by the Serbs." "If they declare war, Germany will follow and France and Russia will be close behind." "Much as he may wish to temporize, the prime minister will have little alternative but to support his allies." "Sir James, I know my duty if war is declared." "Oh, my meaning was that you will have little time to succeed in your plans." "You will surely have to leave next month if you're to reach the Antarctic this season." "TheEnduranceis ready to sail." "Once she has been paid for." "Dudley Docker- the chairman of B.S.A.- has donated the funds to cover that." "Of course, but, uh, if Docker's money is paying for the ship, what will you use to provision her?" "I will soon have sufficient." "I see." "Swallows!" "Pretty, aren't they?" ""Free as a bird"- that's what they say, is it not?" "I've always envied that." "But who's to say they do not look down and envy us?" "I've examined Lord Iveagh's copy of your projected accounts." "If my calculations are correct, the shortfall is £24,000." "Is that fair?" "Yes." "You've already mortgaged moving picture rights to a film company and the photographic and story rights to theDaily Chronicle, so you have nearly half your expenses yet to find and nothing left to sell!" "And I'm a prudent man, Sir Ernest, and cannot risk my money on an expedition that may never take place." "And what about your family?" "How will they survive when you've used every conceivable resource of the expedition to finance its very existence?" "My family understand that the expedition must come first." "And if you fail?" "I will not fail!" "You think the threat of war makes it hard to raise money." "It doesn't make any bloody difference!" "If it's not a war, it's a peace or the stock market or the weather or the time of year." "It is always hard because what I do appears unreasonable to other men" " I know that." "But I will be in Antarctica this year, I promise you." "I'm sorry." "Thank you for your time." "No, sit down, please." "Please." "I asked you to come here because I had to make a decision." "After this conversation," "I realize there is only one option open to me if I am to protect myself and my money." "This is a check for £24,000." "If I were to give you less, the expedition might never happen and my money would be wasted." "I do not like waste." "I particularly do not like to see a man's abilities wasted." "There is only one condition." "Try to persuade your other contributors to return to you some of the expedition's rights." "I believe a man should be rewarded for his efforts." "Lady Shackleton." "Yes." "I'm sorry to call so late." "My name's Harbour." "This is Mr. Grainger." "Is your husband in?" "He's in Scotland." "Thank you, Becky." "I have here a summons to appear before a magistrate in connection with an application for the repayment of £1,000 owed to Miss Mary Brown." "Now, in light of your husband's imminent departure to foreign parts, the court has authorized an emergency hearing to consider the matter." "Mobilization is expected any day now." "Dobbs and Brocklehurst have already left to join their regiments, so it leaves us consulting the Admiralty." "Both the doctors have spoken to me and as a royal naval reservist," "I may be called in myself." "If it happens, Captain." "If it happens." "You will take the ship down to Margate as planned." "If war has not been declared, then you will sail to South America." "Is that understood?" "Yes, sir." "Sir." "Not now, Marcie." "Marcie!" "Shut the door." "Don't let anybody else in." "Are you all right, sir?" "Yes, I'm all right now." "Just a touch of, uh, sciatica." "I get it sometimes." "Could you pour me a glass of water, please?" "If it's in connection with the expedition," "I think we're pretty well full up." "Well, maybe not, then." "Those men..." "They say they're here to..." "Yes, I know why they're here." "Tell Captain Worsley to go back to the ship." "I'll meet him there later." "And get me a checkbook." "They want money." "If I pay them, they will go away." "I haven't got time to deal with them now." "Yes, sir." "Marcie!" "Uh, there's no need to say anything about this." "The sciatica." "That's right." "Yes." "The men are waiting in the ward room, boss." "Thank you, Frank- any news?" "There's a rumor that the navy's being mobilized." "At ease, men." "First, let me say that if war is declared, any man who wishes to leave the expedition to serve his country will be free to do so." "It is clear to me where our first duty lies and this morning," "I telegraphed the First Lord of the Admiralty and put our ship and every one of us at his disposal." "We now await his decision." "I hope you will forgive me, but I particularly ask that if he saw fit to employ us in the service of our country, he might allow us to stay together, perhaps aboard a destroyer." "I did this because I can honestly think of no finer group of men with whom to serve." "Thank you." "Three cheers for the boss." "Hip!" "Hip!" "Hooray!" "Hip!" "Hip!" "Hooray!" "Yes." "Still nothing." "Hudson's at the telegraph office." "He'll stay there till something comes through." "They'll tell us to wait, I know it." "We wait, we'll lose the ice." "It will be another year before we could go again, and by that time, it will be too late." "There will be a war on." "I like the idea of us serving together on a destroyer." "Do you really think they'd let us stay together?" "Where's the boss?" "It's from Winston Churchill." "There's only one word." ""Proceed. "" "I think we can take that as a direct order from the Admiralty." "Do you agree, gentlemen?" "Yes, sir." "Skipper?" "Yes, sir." "Let's get on with it, then." "I have to go back to London for a week or two to make our final arrangements." "I'll meet you all in Buenos Aires." "His Majesty was pleased to read in the newspapers that theEndurance had sailed yesterday." "When willyoube leaving, Sir Ernest?" "Next month." "I have business matters first." "This will only be a brief meeting, I'm afraid." "Of course- I understand." "Sir Ernest." "Your Majesty." "I had promised you a flag, I think." "I had hoped to present it onboard." "See your ship and all that." "But they canceled, because of all this fuss the Austrians are making." "Pity, really." "Does the heart good, don't you think?" "Her Majesty Queen Alexandra tells me you have a fine ship." "What do you call her?" "Endurance." "She sailed for South America yesterday." "Of course, I telegraphed Mr. Churchill first..." "I know, I know." "We all face a hard road, Sir Ernest." "And who is to say which of us should envy the other?" "So there is no hope." "The prime minister informs me that we will be at war by the morning, possibly even tonight." "It is a terrible thing to be responsible for the lives of so many." "A terrible thing." "Yes, sir." "My great-great-great-great- grandfather, George II, was the last king to lead his army in battle." "170 years ago." "Dettingen, against the bloody French." "No such luck for me, though." "When do you leave?" "September 19, on theLa Negra with the dogs." "Dogs." "You're taking dogs?" "Yes, Your Majesty." "How many?" "69, sir, from Canada." "Marvelous." "That's marvelous." "Dogs, imagine that." "They must be a comfort to you." "Oh, yes, sir." "Well, here it is." "The flag." "Now, make sure you bring it back." "I will, sir." "Thank you." "Sir Ernest." "Do you feel fear when you embark on an adventure such as this?" "Yes, Your Majesty." "Yes, of course." "Godspeed." "I'm coming with you!" "I'm coming with you!" "I know you want to, but you need to look after your mother." "Kids, wave." "Come along, come along." "In here." "Keep those two apart." "That's it." "Good morning." "Everything's ready?" "They're all onboard, boss." "Those were the last of them." "Good- where's that dog handler?" "We lost him." "What do you mean?" "Buggered off back to Canada." "Got a lad from the dogs' home." "He's agreed to come with us as far as Buenos Aires." "You have a visitor." "What?" "A visitor." "Dr. Mcllroy is with her." "They look more like wolves than dogs." "Yep, they probably are." "Just hope they don't get ill." "He was useless anyway- the dog man!" "Darling, what are you doing here?" "Seeing you off." "Dr. Mcllroy has been taking care of me." "I'll just go and see if Frank needs a hand." "I'm sorry." "I shouldn't have come." "Don't worry about him." "I'm not worried about him." "I'm worried about you." "Hi." "That's Lady Chetwynd." "Yes, indeed." "The boss doesn't look too pleased." "How does Emily do it?" "Does she get used to it?" "Does it get better?" "Does she make a fool of herself, too?" "Emily isn't like that." "Isn't she?" "Wait here, please." "Oh, God." "I meant to play this very gracefully." "Be very British and all that and look at me." "Uh, boss, reverse." "Yes." "Emily!" "What are you doing here?" "I'm sorry about that." "It was just someone..." "I know who she is." "Your father telephoned just after you left." "Frank is being released from prison on Wednesday and I thought you'd want to know." "Yes." "Look, I have to go with them- see them aboard ship, but I won't sail." "I'll..." "I'll take a ship next week." "I'll be back tomorrow." "I love you." "Eleanor." "What are you doing here?" "You know there might be newspapermen." "There's been no announcement of the release of the royal right." "What are you wearing?" "I've, um, joined the nursing reserves." "I go to France next week." "Next week?" "There's going to be a war, Mikey." "I had to do something." "Not yet." "Look." "You stay here." "You're the conspicuous one." "The paper said you'd sailed." "Yeah, I had some things to finish before I left and I wanted to see you." "Well, I..." "I've been quite a celebrity these past weeks." "What, with all the noise you've been making." "I even discussed your intimate intentions with the governor." "Here." "He'll be very sad to have missed you." "I'm sorry, I was..." "I was never as good as you at looking brave." "I've had a very horrible time with nobody to help me." "You're safe now." "No." "Uh, no, no, thank you." "I didn't have to choose this life, you know." "I know." "I..." "I'm sorry," "I don't know what to say." "What can you say?" "You're leaving both of us." "There's nothing either of us can do about it." "Just seems so horrible that she had to have all the tears." "Let me... write to you when I'm onboard ship." "I'll be clearer then." "Anything I say now won't be what I mean." "What do you call her?" "Who?" "Her nickname." ""Mouse. "" "Everybody has a bloody nickname with you." "Everybody except me." "Do you know one of your men asked me what mine was and I had to say that I didn't have one." "And he asked what would I choose." "I said "Honey. "" "Isn't that pathetic?" "I love you." "I couldn't go on without you, and that is the truth." "But I don't know what to do." "You have to go, I know you do." "If you didn't, who would you be?" "I've sent the servants out on errands." "Although they were a little surprised by my urgent need for butter, Scotch and string." "How is the tea?" "I hope it's all right;" "I made it myself." "Thank you, yes." "Have you spoken to the military?" "I saw Kitchener yesterday." "He said I was too old and that it would be impossible to give me a job at the moment." "Well, then, where's the argument?" "Are you worried about your family?" "I seem to be worried about everything." "Well, don't be!" "I may be of little use to you and your men in the Antarctic, but I can be of help here." "I'll make sure that your family is safe." "I'll make it my business!" "Nicely." "I can be nice." "A rich old lady gets used to people not telling her the truth- flattering her, perhaps- but you've never done that." "You've always paid me the compliment of speaking from your heart." "Now allow me to do the same." "Go to the pole." "Go before it's too late." "Not everyone is fortunate enough to understand their own talent... but you know yours." "Well, use it... for your family and for your country." "Wait here, mate." "I'll go aboard and get some help with those boxes." "Can I help you?" "Is this theEndurance?" "It is." "Frank Hurley, photographer and filmmaker." "Mcllroy, surgeon and temporary night watchman." "Welcome aboard." "Where is everybody?" "Shore leave;" "they'll be back later." "We've had rather a chaotic time getting here." "Ship handles like a pig in open water, used up all our coal, ended up hacking the deck to bits to get here on time." "Some of the crew went a bit wild." "Yeah, so I see." "Where's Ernest?" "I'm supposed to report to him." "Arriving tonight on theUrugayo." "Have you got any bags?" "I've got a few bags with me, yes." "Mmm, I'll give you a hand." "Sir Ernest, I'll have your luggage sent up straightaway." "Very good." "Welcome to Buenos Aires!" "We've arranged a suite on the first floor." "Thank you." "How long have you been here, Frank?" "Five days." "Holness has been here two weeks- a bit of trouble on the voyage." "So I heard" "I ran into Onde-Lees at the docks." "He says there was too much alcohol onboard." "I wouldn't pay any attention to him." "But I think the skipper's style was a little informal:" "the crew called him "Wuzzels. "" "What?" ""Wuzzels. "" ""Wuzzels?"" "The ship was a bit of a mess when she arrived- they were burning the dog kennels as fuel for the last three days." "Don't worry, the ship's carpenter," "McNeish, seems to have it in hand." "What about the rest of the men?" "One or two seem a little undisciplined." "Well, I can't do anything about it now, but tell "Wuzzels" I want a full inspection at 800 hours tomorrow morning." "Is that understood?" "Yes." "We got here, anyway." "Yes, boss." "Captain, is everybody present?" "No, sir, we're missing able seamen Erving and Barr." "Where are they?" "Well, sir, we have been looking for them- there may have been some confusion about leave." "Dismiss them." "Well, I think it's..." "Pay them off, Captain!" "Our lives- all our lives- depend on each other." "There can be no one on this ship who does not understand that." "What was that?" "Ship's cat, sir, Mrs. Chippy." "Mrs. Who?" "Mrs. Chippy, sir." "He's mine." "McNeish, ship's carpenter." "Well, Mr. Chippy, keep Mrs. Chippy out of the way when the dogs come onboard." "Anybody else not present?" "Well, sir, the cook is below, but I'm afraid he's unable..." "Frank, get him out of here," "I want him off this ship!" "Find him a room somewhere, we'll send his kit on later." "Right- come on, let's go!" "Let's go!" "That's it, here we go now." "So- who wants to make breakfast?" "Well, I think I can manage to brew some coffee." "And you are?" "Frank Hurley, I arrived last night." "Mr. Hurley, a prince among men, so they tell me." "Ernest Shackleton, two sugars and no milk." "I'll give you a hand..." "Your Highness." "Skipper, I don't intend to dwell on the events of the voyage here." "Well, sir, we had..." "I don't need an explanation!" "Nor do I wish there to be any confusion about how the ship will be run from now on." "I propose that for the duration of the voyage to Vahsel Bay" "Iwill assume the post of captain and you will be the sailing master." "I will continue to address you as "Skipper. "" "That way your authority is less likely to be undermined." "You will resume the captaincy only when I have gone ashore." "Is that understood?" "Yes, sir." "Yes!" "Room service." "Ah, Mr. Hurley, thank you." "It smells delicious." "Was there something else?" "I wonder if now would be a good time to discuss my contract of employment." "Certainly- it'll be the same as with the Mawson Expedition:" "£300 per annum payable in arrears." "And 25% of the photographic and film rights." "I'm afraid not." "They've already been sold to theDaily Chronicle." "Sir, I was told I'd get 25% of the rights;" "I wouldn't have come otherwise." "I can't help you, the deal's been done." "And this is excellent coffee, by the way." "That deal was done without consulting me!" "I know." "And without you, we would not be here." "I am again in your debt." "Well, I'm afraid, sir, it appears that I am the one who is in debt." "You see, Skipper, you have to be strong, show them who's boss." "Now..." "Where am I going to find another cook?" "What's going on?" "I'm leaving." "Leaving?" "Why?" "The prince has been refused his ransom by the king." "If it's any consolation, he's lucky the king didn't ask him to pay the ransom himself." "What?" "He asked me for a loan." "There's a problem paying for some of the supplies and I have an arrangement with a bank here that allows me to access funds." "Jesus." "Starboard side." "She's a beauty!" "From London, too!" "Fancy giving her a go?" "Excuse me, sir?" "Yes?" "You looking for crew?" "I served on theGolden Gate;" "ran aground a month ago." "You're a bloody Yank!" "No, I'm from Canada, loyal subject of the Empire!" "Well, come aboard and meet the boss, then." "Thank you, sir!" "Oh, not you, son." "Oh, I'm from Wales and I'm very loyal, too." "We can't take children where we're going." "Frank, meet Charles Green, our new chef." "Now, I need you to have a word with the manager of the Andes, where he's presently employed." "Well, this is Mr., um..." "William Bakewell from Canada." "Excuse me a moment, will you?" "Mr. Hurley!" "?" "I'm sorry, sir, but I have no alternative!" "Give me your hand, Mr. Hurley." "25%, wasn't it?" "Yes, sir, that's right." "That's settled, then." "By the way, I hope you brought your dinner jacket." "Sir?" "Farewell dinner with the Argentine government tonight." "See you there." "Mr. Bakewell!" "I'll take them..." "I think I know the drill by now." "Thanks." "The English have such an affinity with animals that it's part of our character." "Don't anticipate problems..." "Mcllroy:" "Mawson has a theory that the heavy rainfall here in Argentina is a direct consequence of the ice not melting the Weddell Sea." "Gentlemen... may I, on behalf of my government, wish you every success on your voyage and present you with this small token." "A radio receiver, which will allow you to receive our time signal on the first day of every month." "Senor Ornelli, if you please." "Sir Ernest, gentlemen," "I have one more guest to present to you." "As you see, he's come dressed for the occasion." "Load the animal off the table." "McNEISH:" "Oh, shush, he's doing no harm." "I don't care, I'm eating." "Here there's no need to frighten her." "So he said we'd spend the winter at Vahsel Bay." "We were told to deliver them there, then return to Buenos Aires till the ice broke up next summer." "Well, my guess is he's afraid if he lets us go... nobody'll ever come back and find him again." "Are we all here?" "Where's Hudson?" "Kidnapped, we understand, by a group of young ladies, but he promised to be back by morning." "Gentlemen, may I read you the text of a message" "I've just sent to theDaily Chronicle." ""We are leaving now," ""to carry on our white warfare" ""and our last message to our country" ""is that we will do our best to make good." ""Though we shall be shut off from the outer world" ""for many months," ""our thoughts and prayers" ""will be with our countrymen fighting at the front." ""We hope, in our small way," ""to add victories in science and discovery" ""to that certain victory which our nation shall achieve in the cause of honor and liberty. "" "Dated Buenos Aires, October 26, 1914." "Let the toast be to victory." "To victory." "We got a brief signal just after we left port." "Since then, nothing." "We need to get the antenna higher, if possible." "The main mast would be best." "I'll get someone to give you a hand." "I should be able to manage." "Well, take Tom." "He's the best man aloft I've seen." "All right." "Gentlemen, this place is a shambles." "These floors need a scrub." "Shall we get out of the way, sir?" "No, Colonel, I want you three to scrub it out." "The lower deck will issue you with brushes and buckets." "Dr. Macklin, draw up a roster." "I want this place scrubbed every Wednesday." "Yes, Boss." "Carry on." "Is he making a joke?" "I don't think so." "Bloody hell!" "I heard that things were all set so the Germans will surrender anyway- before Christmas even." "No empty uniforms, apparently." "Pity, really" " I was hoping for a chance to have a go." "I don't know about Christmas, but it'll be over before we get back." "Germany can't stand up to us, France and Russia." "Let's skin more potatoes, please, gentlemen." "At this rate, we'll be out of vegetables before we get to South Georgia." "Aye, aye, sir." "How do you get "housemaid's knee"?" "From being a housemaid." "Precisely." "I think I've got it." "You're right, Boss." "Just pretend I'm not here." "Jesus!" "It's a bloke, sir." "What sort of a bloke?" "I don't know, but he's a big one and he's in the locker." "Right, let's have a look." "What's up?" "He thinks he's seen a ghost." "Come on out of there, whoever the bloody hell you are!" "Just coming." "Sorry, sir, I didn't mean to cause a disturbance." "Who the bloody hell are you?" "Perce Blackborow, sir." "Able seaman." "I got my papers and everything." "I'm from Wales." "You amaze me." "Who helped you get aboard?" "Nobody, sir." "Who helped him!" "?" "I did, sir." "It's not his fault." "It was my idea." "Be quiet, I'm coming to you." "How old are you?" "Nineteen, sir- nearly 20." "Please don't send me back." "Mr. Blackborow, have you ever been to the Antarctic?" "No, sir." "Those of us who have been there, who have seen men starve, go mad and die are not so bloody amused!" "No, sir." "It's just I heard you were two men short." "So I thought I could help out, like." "Oh, did you?" "Do you know what starvation is, Mr. Blackborow?" "Have you ever watched a man eat a biscuit and want to kill him for just one crumb of it?" "No, sir." "I'm sorry, sir." "We are a man short, Boss." "Are we?" "Well, maybe he'll come in useful." "If we do face starvation, the stowaway's always the first one we eat, isn't that right, Mr. Wild?" "Yes, Boss." "They'd get more meat off of you, sir." "Don't push your luck, Blackborow." "Take him to the boatswain." "Find something for him to do." "Boss." "And introduce him to the cook on the way, so that he knows what he looks like." "Come on, then, let's get back to work." "That includes you, too, Bakewell." "Yes, sir." "Try and look respectable, you lads!" "Good morning, Frank." "Boss." "Come on, let's have some order." "Spread out at the back." "Mack, you come down the front here." "And look right into the camera." "That's where the rest of the world is." "Straight into the lens- right here." "Think of your wives, your sweethearts, your children, your grandchildren, your great-grandchildren." "That's where they are, all in there." "Everybody, hold that." "Wait for it." "Thank you, all." "You want one more for safety, Frank." "Aye, sir." "Only need the one chance." "I got the picture." "May I present for your pleasure..." "Blackborow pie." "Why is that, chef?" "Because there's steak in there somewhere, but it's up to you to find it." "Shouldn't I take the boss some in his cabin, sir?" "No, don't worry about it." "He asked not to be disturbed." "Sorry, to disturb you, Boss, we're close to South Georgia." "It's a little foggy out there, but we should be at Grytviken in an hour." "Are you all right?" "Yes, I'm all right, Skipper." "Would you like one of the doctors to have a look?" "No... thank you." "You take her in." "I'll be fine in the morning." "Boss." "It feels like a pirate kingdom." "They've spent half their life on the ocean hunting the greatest creature on the planet, the other half here, in this stench." "What an extraordinary way to live." "Not for these men." "Madmen, criminals, outcasts of every kind- the calibans of the pole." "But they know the ice." "Reminds me of Birmingham." "No, Birmingham smells worse." "Are you enjoying your dinner, Sir Ernest?" "Thank you, yes." "The sausages are our own recipe." "Pork fed exclusively on whale blubber." "Do they enjoy it?" "We just drive the pigs into the belly of the dead whale and leave them there." "They eat... or starve." "Most interesting." "Is it your intention, Lord Shackleton, to land at Vahsel Bay?" "Yes, it is." "This is not good." "The ice is very big this year." "It goes very far north." "Well, we are prepared to force our way through, if necessary." "TheEndurancewas built for ice work." "There is no possibility to reach the bay at the moment." "You must wait here for warmer weather." "Well, in England we're used to waiting for warmer weather, aren't we?" "In Norway also." "As you well know, the Weddell Sea is hemmed in on three sides, like a "U."" "It's the Antarctic continent, the Palmer Peninsula, and these islands." "The current is very strong." "It moves like a clock, forcing the ice against the peninsula where it is packed tight." "It cannot escape, it doesn't melt, even now that the summer is starting." "Yes, but we can still get through here, down the eastern side, by Coats Land." "I've talked to Nordenskold about this." "The ice is more open." "We can land at Vahsel Bay." "But it's very bad this year- the worst we have known." "I've had captains back this week who say the ice is solid as far as here." "Are you saying it's impossible?" "It's not impossible, but it's very difficult." "You'll have to fight your way through a thousand miles of ice to reach land." "Well, going back to England isn't possible, so I suppose we'll just have to settle for very difficult." "The lower deck are offering three to one we'll be here for Christmas." "I think I'll keep my money, thanks." "He might stay that long." "Uh... from up there," "Grytviken looks almost romantic." "It's just a matter of choosing the right place to look at it from." "Hmm, really?" "In that case, I have a couple of maiden aunts who'd be very interested to meet you." ""I know full well" ""that I am wanting in many ways domestically," ""that for some time past we have not seen eye to eye" ""and the fault lies with me." ""I have committed all sorts of crimes" ""in thought if not always in action." ""I suppose I'm just good as an explorer and nothing else." ""I love the fight," ""and when things go easy, I hate it." ""Even though when things are wrong, I get worried." ""I'm a bit tired tonight" ""and just wandering along." ""But now that I am on my own work" "I will be more at peace. "" "?" "Whiskey is the life of man?" "?" "Whiskey, Johnny!" "?" "?" "Oh, whiskey from an old tin can?" "?" "Whiskey for my Johnny?" "?" "Oh, Whiskey here and whiskey there?" "?" "Whiskey, Johnny!" "?" "?" "Oh, I'll get whiskey everywhere?" "?" "Whiskey for my Johnny...?" "What are we drinking, chef?" "I'd say, um..." "one part vinegar, two parts methylated spirits and ten parts..." "Whale!" "I'll drink for your return." "It's our departure, mate." "We're going." "Oh, no, no - you are coming back very soon." "Your ship is not good for the ice." "So I drink for your return." "I'll drink to that." "The boats back this afternoon have seen some big bergs, which means that the Weddell is starting to break up." "So we still have a chance of making landfall by Christmas." "Good evening." "Sorry I'm late." "I'm, uh... no good with costumes." "Gentlemen, gentlemen, pray silence." "Our last guest has, I think, just arrived." "I'm, uh..." "I'm Buddha." "Do you see?" "Well, never mind." "Perhaps it doesn't translate." "Thanks to Putty here, he received a personally engraved invitation." "Unfortunately, some of the details..." "Such as the time..." "And the dress code..." "Were slightly inaccurate." "I'm so sorry I'm late." "I can never quite..." "Oh, my God!" "Oh, ha, bloody ha!" "Get 'im, boys!" "McNEISH:" "Why do you stay... here in the middle of bloody nowhere?" "To get away from up there." "Whale men not fit up there." "People up there not like coolie folk like whale men around." "We not can write poetry." "We not can paint pictures from a silly word, so... we come here." "No damn use anywhere else." "To those of us who are no damn use anywhere else!" "No damn use anywhere else!" "Incredible, isn't she?" "Where's your camera?" "Ah, she'd be gone before I could set it up." "Besides, sometimes just the eyes are good enough." "She's worth about £5,000 not counting the carcass or the bones." "Do you know how much whale oil they produce at Grytviken every year?" "Two and a half million gallons." "It's a gold mine." "An investment of £50,000 you could make double that in profit every year." "With a decent manager working out here, you could put your feet up at home, live like a king." "I think she's beautiful." "You're not a businessman, Frank." "But I am." "I just chose to make my business out of doing something that I love." "Well, that's the idea... but sometimes there's more bloody business than you expect." "?" "Up to the West End, right in the Best End?" "?" "Straight from the country came Miss Maudie Brown?" "?" "Father's a curate, but couldn't endure it?" "?" "That's why the Lady is residing in town?" "?" "Twelve months ago her modest self felt quite sublime?" "?" "To sit on a fellow's knee who's been all in the grime!" "?" "Anything?" "Nothing." "No signal at all." "Do you want me to take a look up top?" "It's not the antenna." "I'm not sure what it is." "?" "Every little movement tells a tale?" "Stupid, really." "I've always hated the cold." "Back at the whaling station in a week." "We won't get through the ice this year." "McNEISH:" "Oh, you don't know bloody explorers." "He'll not turn back." "He cannot afford to." "Skipper reports pack ice off the starboard bow, about half a mile." "It can't be this far north." "Slow down, Skipper, in case we hit a growler." "And steer away from the pack, I don't want to enter it here." "Hard aport." "Hard aport, boatswain!" "Hard aport!" "Chippy!" "Yes, boss?" "It's getting a little fresh up here." "Can you do something about it?" "I can make a windbreak, sir." "Thanks, and I think it may be helpful to have some way of visually signaling the helmsman, now we're at the ice." "Aye, aye, sir." "As long as you never actually give them the solution." "What's this growler we're all so worried about?" "Underwater ice." "You can't see it till you hit it." "Ah, charming." "Remarkable, isn't it?" "Like looking at the desert for the first time." "The pack is more or less where we expected it, or at least where Jacobsen said it would be." "So we'll take a southeasterly course skirting around it as long as we can, but it is pretty loose, and at some point we will have to start to push through if we're to reach Vahsel Bay before winter." "Those of you without much experience at the helm are going to find it pretty hard work navigating the ice at first." "We'll all take an hour at a time each during the day." "How far is it to our landing point?" "Navigator?" "About a thousand miles, sir." "And don't expect much night from now on." "In two weeks' time, it will be December 21, the longest Antarctic day." "The sun will be above the horizon for 24 hours." "Do not let this affect your sleep." "You're going to need it." "Oh, look- seals!" "Beautiful." "Aren't they?" "Charles!" "Yes, sir." "Ever cooked seal?" "Oil, butter, dried parsley, a little fresh ground pepper." "Well, break out the pepper." "Excuse me, boys." "Why have we stopped the engines?" "Frankie's bagged a seal." "He's going across the floes after it." "Well, as long as we've stopped, we might as well let everybody off." "A bit of exercise might do us all good." "Offside, offside!" "Offside!" "Offside!" "Why, isn't that what I'm supposed to do?" "Don't be too hard on him, ref." "He can't help being a foreigner." "My ball, I think." "Free kick to the shore party." "Skipper." "Take a shot, Wuzzel." "Yes, boss." "Come on, Wuzzel." "Ooh!" "You all right, boss?" "Yes, I'm all right, colonel." "Play on!" "?" "It's a long way to Tipperary?" "?" "It's a long way to go?" "?" "It's a long way to Tipperary?" "?" "To the sweetest girl I know...?" "Look, they love it." "Let's try something else." "How about "Scotland The Brave"?" "Hard astarboard!" "Midships." "Midships." "Port easy!" "Port easy!" "Hard aport!" "Hard aport!" "Make your bloody mind up." "Reverse engines, hard aport!" "Reverse engines." "Hard aport!" "Full speed ahead." "Easy, Skipper." "Come on." "What's all the fuss about?" "It's the colonel- he's doing a job of work." "I don't believe it." "I thought it was medically impossible." "Ha-bloody-ha." "Could be a mass delusion, of course, has been known." "Look, if you don't want to help, you can just bugger off, the lot of you." "Oh, don't worry." "We've got a ship to run." "Come on, get out of it, get out!" "Are you all right?" "It's incredible." "So we didn't make landfall by Christmas." "No, sir." "Damned ice." "We'll serve grog at midnight to those who are on watch." "Yes, boss." "Damned ice." "Happy Christmas." "What time is it?" "Midnight." "Happy Christmas, sir." "Happy Christmas." "?" "I saw three ships come sailing in?" "?" "On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day?" "?" "I saw three ships come sailing in?" "?" "On Christmas Day in the morning.?" "?" "And what was in those ships all three?" "?" "On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day?" "?" "And what was in those ships all three?" "?" "On Christmas Day in the morning?" ""To our skipper must go the best present of all" ""But what to give was a puzzle" ""Until I remembered that because he's in charge," "It's a policeman's whistle for Wuzzel. "" "Boss!" "Boss!" "Come on, boss!" "All right." "All right, yes." "So... uh, "To the boss who has guided us all from afar," ""Sometimes by map and sometimes by star," ""There is only one gift, as I know how you are" "So here for your pleasure, a big fat cigar. "" "Thank you very much." "?" "God rest ye merry, gentlemen?" "?" "Let nothing you dismay?" "?" "For Jesus Christ our Savior?" "?" "Was born on Christmas Day?" "?" "To save us all from Satan's power?" "?" "When we had gone astray?" "?" "O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy?" "?" "O tidings of comfort and joy.?" "From your family?" "Yes." "Look, I'm fine, boss." "You go in and join the others." "I know." "I'm fine, too." "Just needed a little air." "Such a beautiful day." "You notice anything?" "What do you mean?" "Temperature's rising." "We'll get there, you know." "I know." "Less than 500 miles." "We're halfway." "Skipper reckons we'll be inside the Antarctic Circle by tomorrow." "I know." "You don't by any chance have a light, do you?" "No." "Well, come on, then, let's go and find one." "We've covered nearly 900 miles since South Georgia- 400 in the last week alone." "If we keep this up, we'll reach Vahsel Bay by the end of the week." "Excuse me, boss, Skipper wants you on deck." "He's sighted land." "We're beyond Coats Land." "This is further than any ship has ever been." "Our first discovery." "We'll have to call it James Caird Land." "That'll make the old bugger happy." "Look there, boss, to the right." "There's a bay, do you see it?" "It looks sheltered." "I think we could put stores ashore there." "No, no, not yet." "If we land here, it'll put an extra 200 miles on the sledging journey." "It's just there's a spur coming up that'll force us away from the coast." "Temperature's good." "We've got another month, possibly two, of summer to go and clear water ahead of us." "Let's not give up now, Skipper." "Aye, boss." "Keep her steady, Tom!" "They're pulling away from me." "Get Wuzzels to go with them, I just need one more shot." "Skipper." "I know, he wants one more shot." "Hold your speed, Tom." "Leave it, old man, we're working." "Listen." "What is it?" "McILROY:" "Looks like porridge." "Well, she's holding her speed." "It's just slush." "Is it me, or is it getting colder?" "I'm on full power, but we're only making three knots." "It's costing us a lot of coal." "What can they see up top?" "Lookout says no clear water, but there's some low cloud on the port bow." "That could indicate the channel." "Hold your course." "Aye, boss." "Look at that one there." "Tom, get those gentlemen down on the deck with nothing better to do to start bagging coal." "We need to be ready for landing." "Include the colonel in the party, if you don't mind." "It'd be a pleasure, boss." "Mr. Orde-Lees!" "Yes?" "The boss has a job for you at last." "Is it my imagination, or are we getting further away from land rather than closer?" "There are grounded bergs ahead." "The ice is being stacked against them." "He's trying to get around them, but my money says we'll be back in South Georgia eating sausages in two weeks." "Then why does he want us to bag the bally coal?" "Keeps the mind occupied." "The pack ice is solid up ahead." "We could go further north, but the temperature's dropping all the time and I don't want to go any further than I have to." "It's costing us a lot of coal at the moment." "We'll cut the engines." "We'll anchor to the floe and wait for it to open up." "We should conserve the fuel in case we need to get back to South Georgia." "Aye, aye, boss." "What did I tell you?" "He's cut the engines." "I smell wild sausages." "Could I eat it?" "You'd have to be very hungry." "Fourteen." "It's animal." "It's female." "You've never seen it." "It doesn't live in the Antarctic." "It can't talk, and you would only eat it if you were starving." "And it's hairy." "Can you stroke it?" "Hmm... yes." "Fifteen." "We should turn round and go home." "Join up." "Do something useful." "I don't know." "The war might be over by now." "Well, I hope the Russians got the Kaiser." "Knowing that lot, they probably set him up in a palace and gave the bastard a pension." "Still makes no sense being stuck out here, does it?" "But it is a body part?" "Yes." "Head." "Warm, but no- eighteen." "Hairy body part?" "It has to be a chin." "No, that's too obvious." "Eyebrow." "Yes." "Ah, ah, ah, ah- but whose?" "What do you mean, "whose?"" "Well, I'm thinking of a specific one." "A specific eyebrow?" "Don't be ridiculous." "Mary Lloyd." "Right sex, wrong woman." "Twenty" " I win." "How are we supposed to guess whose eyebrow?" "It belongs to a girl called Noreen, actually." "And who the damned hell is she?" "First girl I ever kissed." "So we're supposed to get the eyebrow of the first girl you ever kissed?" "Well, I was hoping you'd narrow it down to thelefteyebrow." "Now then, boys!" "Thought it was supposed to be getting warmer." "Maybe this iswarmer." "Had a pee this morning- froze as it hit the ground." "Hard to believe." "It's true." "Look at that." "Frozen dog urine." "What are you looking at?" "Watch out, old boy- the deck's icing up." "Really?" "You amaze me." "Well, at least someone's happy we're stuck." "You think we are stuck?" "We're stuck until we're unstuck." "Pull!" "Bring it up." "Come on, that's it." "Keep it steady." "Keep coming." "All right, hold it there." "It was incredible." "Don't know how far I could see- at least 20 miles in every direction." "Everything white." "Except for the crooked shadow of our ship stuck like a matchstick in a giant's wedding cake." "Down here, we feel like we're something- a force moving through the landscape." "Up there... you realize we're nothing." "A speck." "A spot in the wilderness." "Boss wants everyone on deck immediately." "There's water about 200 yards ahead." "The whole floe may be breaking up." "We've had a sighting of open water about 200 yards ahead." "We need to cut a channel through." "Skipper, you take the bridge." "The engine's are being fired up." "I'll take charge on the ice." "Every man, get themselves an implement." "Let's get moving." "Spread out." "Give yourselves room." "Reverse engines and prepare for full-ahead ram." "Full ahead, full ahead!" "Frankie..." "This ice could be over six foot thick." "We're not going to make it with picks and shovels." "We have to try and break her out somehow." "I know." "Port!" "Starboard!" "Port!" "Starboard!" "Port!" "Starboard!" "Port!" "All right, take a break, everybody." "We'll give the bows one more go in five minutes." "One, two, three, four, five!" "Two, three, four!" "One, two, three, four five!" "Two, three, four!" "One, two, three, four, five!" "Two, three, four!" "One, two, three, four, five!" "Two, three, four!" "One, two, three, four, five!" "Two, three, four!" "One, two, three, four, five!" "Frank!" "That's enough." "You all right?" "Yes, Frank, I'm all right." "I've always loved the dark." "Ever since I was a child." "Bedtime stories, midnight feasts." "Dreams." "Somehow in the dark, it's easier to remember what you want to be." "I'm afraid we're all going to have to learn to love it now." "Well, Mr. Hurley's been working on that." "The boys would like you to take a look." "Yes, of course." "I've made the decision about who will come with me on the crossing of the continent." "It goes without saying that I'd like you to be one of them." "I would be honored." "I'm going to stop the pretense that we're going to be out of here before summer." "It won't be easy, but I want the men to concentrate on the preparations for the land journey ahead." "I'd like you to take charge of that." "Yes, boss." "I have accepted the fact that we are unlikely to escape the ice this winter." "I therefore propose that we cease to operate as a ship's company and become a winter base station." "Skipper." "There'll be no more watches, simply night watchmen to look after the stoves as we will be standing down the boilers to preserve fuel." "This delay will not alter our plans." "We will use this extra time to prepare ourselves more fully." "I've therefore decided to name the party who will make the final journey with me across the pole." "Frank." "Each man selected must choose and train his own dogs in preparation for this historic journey." "This will be our business in the coming weeks." "I propose to take five men" "Frank Wild," "Tom Crean, Mack..." "Putty, and I suppose just in case the paint freezes, we'll need a photograph to prove we've done it, so we'll have to take you, Mr. Hurley." "Now, was there something that you wanted me to see?" "Yes, boss... if you care to step outside." "Well, now, what have you got for me?" "Enlightenment, boss, as ever." "Thank you, doc." "It's like Blackpool on a Saturday night, isn't it?" "Is there no end to your talents, Mr. Hurley?" "I am, as ever, in your debt." "I appreciate the offer to travel with you." "Well, I couldn't leave you behind now, could I?" "What the hell was that?" "A whale..." "Underneath the ship, looking for a hole in the ice." "It thinks we're one." "Is it, buggery?" "Did somebody speak?" "No, sir... but I was just thinking." "It didn't feel like a whale." "What's your analysis then, McNeish?" "It's the ice." "It's moving." "You can feel it through the side of the ship." "Is that what you think?" "Yes, sir." "Well, I think it's a whale." "Got a whiff of chef's dinner, I suspect." "Perhaps, skipper, we should make this party official." "Let's have an issue of grog to all hands." "Yes, sir." "Tom." "Shh..." "Lie still." "You'll only disturb the bandages." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry, I..." "I woke up and I couldn't see." "No one can see at the moment." "It's still dark." "What time is it?" "It's just after 3:00." "Well, then, it won't be- not completely dark." "If you look toward the east, you'll see something." "Oh, I can smell it- out walking past an orchard." "What's your name?" "Eleanor." "That's pretty." "Eleanor who?" "Shackleton." "Like the explorer?" "Yes, like the explorer." "Old man Hawkins knew him himself." "Oh, it must be quiet there." "None of the artillery there." "No bloody sun either, right?" "That's right." "Dark all day." "Dark all bloody day... just like the rest of us." "Hello, someone in there?" "Colonel?" "Are you in there?" "What the bloody hell are you doing down here in the dark?" "Trying to get some sleep." "In the storeroom?" "Good God, what is this, Aladdin's cave?" "!" "Listen to that." "It's the ice starting to move." "You can feel it underneath your feet, like an ant standing on the back of an elephant." "So... you reckon we'll be out of here soon, then, eh?" "One way or another, yes." "Where do you get all this stuff?" "I collect it." "Just things nobody wants;" "things that might come in useful one day." "Bent nails?" "I use them for cleaning the tins." "Oh, I see, the tins?" "Well, you're as mad as hatter, aren't you, old dear?" "I don't think so, sir." "I think I'm rather sensible." "Ready?" "Very still." "And... now!" "Of course everybody in the office knows my real name, but they're too polite to show it." "Whenever there's any Arctic news in the paper, they leave the page open casually for me and then watch." "There's a lot of giggling amongst the younger secretaries." "We're celebrity of a kind, I suppose." "Anyway, how's school?" "Is there any room for art in this sea of cocky?" "Well, I finished at the Guild Hall." "So, darling, you're an actress at last." "Don't make fun of me- Igot a job." "Oh, God, don't tell me- you're going to drive a train?" "No." "I answered an advertisement inthe Era." "I'm going to be in a play at the Empire Theatre in Penge from August 5." "Penge in August?" "You out of your mind?" "I have to start somewhere." "I can't go on saying I want something and not doing anything about it." "Your brother at least taught me that." "Well, consider me rebuked." "But Penge?" "I thought it was still bearbaiting and lewd dancing." "I'd no idea they went to the theater." "Well, they do... for 15 minutes, anyway." "It's a one-act play." "Fifteen minutes?" "My dear, that's not theater, it's music hall." "You're going to be doing a turn." "?" "'Twas on the good ship Hesperus?" "?" "That sailed the wintry sea?" "?" "And the skipper had taken his little daughter?" "?" "To bear him company?" "?" "Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax?" "?" "Her cheeks as the dawn of day?" "?" "And her bosoms were white as hawthorn buds...?" "?" "That open in the month of May.?" "The unmistakable sound of the English enjoying themselves." "What is it?" "Rum- have some." "I wouldn't normally, you know." "My mum doesn't approve." "I suppose Midwinter's Day is special." "Dear beloved." "As your pastor, the Reverend Bubbling Love" "I would like to welcome you personally... to the Midwinter's Day festivity and in particular to our chairman of our parish council," "Sir Interesting Shockleton." "I don't even know if she knows I'm here." "I wrote, like, from Buenos Aires, but... with the war and all that," "I..." "I don't know whether it'll get to her." "Maybe it's better if she thinks you're back there with those South American girls." "I don't think she'd like that, actually... the girls, I mean." "I hope she did get the letter." "I wouldn't like her not knowing." "Bloody hell!" "Come and take a look at this, boys." "You've got to see it." "Gentlemen." "My name is..." "Lola." "I come from..." "Espana." "Where the sun... shines." "Look at this!" "You come to me, lassie!" "Arriba!" "Ol?" "!" "There he is." "Come on, then, sir, give us a bloody encore." "If you insist, boatswain." "I think if the daylight doesn't come back pretty soon we're in trouble, Frankie." "Yes, boss." "Lady Shackleton, if the landing was impossible he would have returned to South Georgia for the winter." "We must assume he's decided to keep theEndurancewith him which means we won't hear anything until the ice starts breaking up around Christmas." "I feel that I have no right to worry at all when so many are receiving such terrible news from France." "The public want to hear about something other than war- something that reminds them what we're fighting for." "That's why I wanted to explain that we'll be running some articles from various experts speculating on what may be happening to your husband." "This is to keep the public interested so that when we do get news, they'll be ready for it." "I understand, Mr. Perris." "He wouldn't like to be forgotten." "It's starting to break up." "The temperature was at first light this morning." "Right, let's get the dogs back on board." "If we get the chance, we must be ready to sail immediately before it falls again." "Which direction?" "What?" "Which direction?" "Do we go on?" "Or do we go back?" "I'm not sure that the choice will be ours to make." "But the Ross Sea party should have started laying their depots by now." "I think we could all do with a little variety in our diet, don't you, Frankie?" "Yes, boss." "Besides, I could do with the exercise." "Good, come on, then." "I'm starting a 24-hour watch on the state of the ice, relieved every hour, and no one is to leave the ship without permission." "Is that understood?" "Chippy, I want a proper wheelhouse built for the steersman." "If we do get into open water, it's going to be pretty cold." "You can use the wood from the shore hut." "Yes, boss." "Colonel, 72 days' rations for every man packed on the sledges and ready on deck from tomorrow." "Yes, sir." "You did say you wanted the rations on the sledges." "I did." "We must face the possibility that our ship could be damaged or even destroyed." "If that happens, we'll have to take our chances on the ice." "But don't worry." "The weather is on our side." "The summer is on its way." "We'll get out of here under our own steam, I'm sure of it." "Let's make a start." "Thank you." "MAN ... with the sun circling round the sky day after day without setting, the Stars and Stripes were planted and the record left with a piece of the flag." "Go back over that bit again where they talked about the tracker." "No, I want to hear what he says next." "What's so funny?" "Peary talking about reaching the North Pole." "Yes?" "The boss doesn't think he did." "Here, in the midst of great fields of heavy ice covering an ocean two miles or more in depth two miles or more in depth... with the sun circling round the sky day after day without setting," "the Stars and Stripes were planted and the record left..." "What's going on?" "The ice is shifting." "Can she take it?" "Nah, she's built wrong." "Should've had caulk on the hull so the pressure forces her up." "She's not rising." "It's got a grip on her." "Melt again in the morning- be back to normal." "Glad you think this is normal." "Where's the skipper?" "He's already down there." "The damage's on the port bow." "It's hard to say how bad it is." "Are the pumps working?" "The iron pumps are frozen." "We're doing what we can with the bilges but it's no good against this." "She's whole beneath the water." "What do you think?" "We've no access to the hole." "Best I can do is to seal it off." "A coffer dam?" "Yes, sir." "Right, take what you need." "Lay the trestles flat." "There we are." "Ready?" "As we'll ever be." "Go careful now." "Don't worry." "I always wanted to work in the circus." "How are they doing at the pumps, Skipper?" "We're working three-hour shifts- We'll keep it up through the night." "I'll take a turn after dinner." "Where's the prince?" "With Chippy building the dam." "Dinner is served." "Have you done this before?" "Only once." "Will it hold?" "If the ice doesn't shift it." "I can make it waterproof, but not ice-proof." "We can't hold out against this." "We've had the pumps going for 48 hours, and the water's still rising." "The men can't take it much longer." "I know." "I wanted to stay off the ice as long as possible." "They're not going to find it easy." "Well, it'll cheer the dogs up anyway." "All right, let's start getting the equipment off - and the dogs." "We'll take a decision about where to sleep tonight later." "Gently does it, Frankie." "Right." "Have you done a tent allocation?" "Yes." "Better put Mr. Hurley with me... where I can keep an eye on him." "Over there." "Secure it next to the other cutter." "And then we'll go back for the last." "Suddenly makes our freezing little cabin seem rather warm and solid, doesn't it?" "Are we sleeping here tonight?" "Dinner's on board." "That's all I know." "Skipper, I think we should collect our last bits and pieces when we've finished dinner." "Yes, boss." "Everyone please make sure you bring your diaries." "Boss." "Anyone not want their bannock?" "Sorry, I..." "Carry on, colonel." "Eat while you can." "For tomorrow we diet." "Ah, but what time do we die at?" "Sorry." "I was just..." "Not much point in washing up, is there?" "I never leave a dirty plate behind me." "We must leave it spic-and-span." "Besides, we never know when we might be coming back." "Boss?" "Yes?" "Shall I give the order to abandon?" "How are the men?" "Ready." "I think they're relieved in a way." "You know what he said to me when he gave me this?" "The King?" ""Make sure you bring it back. "" "Those were his words." "I think we should do what we were ordered to and take it home, don't you?" "Well, don't just stand there." "Give the order." "Go on." "Yes, boss." "Abandon ship!" "Get going, boys, it's time to get off." "We've been working at the pumps." "I'll just get my jacket." "There's no time!" "The boss said come back for it later!" "Come on!" "That's everyone, boss." "After you, then, Frank." "I want to run the end setup." "No surrender." "Right." "But we shouldn't be too long." "She's very restless." "Come on!" "Well, Orde-Lees." "Looks like we got in the nick, this time." "I don't know, sir." "At least it'll make your book more exciting." "You think so?" "Well, maybe you're right at that." "Thank you for your efforts today, gentlemen." "I know you're all very tired, so I'll be brief." "We have 18 sleeping bags which means that ten of us will have to use blankets." "Each man please take a match." "Those that choose the shortest ones get a blanket." "And I seem to have earned myself a blanket." "Frank will you give you the tent allocations." "Get some rest, everyone." "Well... there's a first time for everything." "Tent number one:" "The boss," "Mr. Hudson, Mr. James and Mr. Hurley." "You all right, skipper?" "Look, there's a light still on." "Emergency light, skipper." "Battery's come on." "It's like a heartbeat." "As though she was telling us she was still alive." "I could see what he was up to." "But I was too clever for him." "I took the other match." "Almost as clever as the rest of us." "What do you mean?" "Well, have a look around you, mate." "We've all got sleeping bags, don't we?" "I hope Mrs. Chippy's house trained." "Ah, she's just frightened like the rest of us." "We'll never survive in small boats." "It's been done before." "McNEISH:" "Not with 28 of us." "And what's the point in scrambling across the bloody ice if it's going to melt in a few weeks anyway?" "Did you sleep at all?" "I had the choice of thinking lying down or thinking standing up." "Standing up seemed more useful." "How is she?" "Well, she sunk a little lower, but she seems steady at the moment." "Still a lot of things we could salvage." "The longer we stay still, the harder it'll be." "Half of these men have never traveled on snow before." "Come on." "Room service." "There you go, Frank." "Rise and shine!" "It's a beautiful morning out there!" "Guests wishing to have their shoes shined, please be so kind as to leave them at the door." "Something hot?" "Chippy, we need to get some sort of a runner fitted to the cutters so we can drag them." "You think you could get that organized today?" "Aye." "When I've had some breakfast, I dare say I'll manage it." "And keep her away from the dogs." "They'll tear her to pieces if they get loose." "Aye." "We know that, don't we, darling?" "McNEISH:" "Steady." "Down." "Step right up, gentlemen!" "A one-day sale featuring brand new Burberry's, warm and dry!" "The latest fashions in men's undergarments." "Must be sold today, we're going out of business tomorrow." "Don't be shy now, gentlemen, step right up and help yourselves." "It's going to be bloody hard pulling a boat over this stuff if we can't even get a sled through." "There's no alternative." "If we stay still, we'll starve or go crazy." "You don't think we should wait?" "They'll float the cutters when the pack breaks up." "This pack is drifting north." "If we wait for it to break up- if it does break up- we may find ourselves in the middle of the south Atlantic." "How much chance do you think we stand there in open boats with 28 men and no food?" "Our ship and our stores have gone, so I think it's time we went home." "After the excitements of yesterday" "I'm sure we'd all rather sleep on land, dry or otherwise, so I intend to make for the nearest." "Here, now look." "Robertson Island." "Now, we'll establish a base there, then I'll take a smaller party across here, Graham Land to Wilhelmina Bay." "Now, whalers from Deception Island use this and it's our shortest route to rescue." "Right." "Everything we need must be carried on the sledges." "I'm therefore allowing each man only two pounds' weight of personal possessions." "That includes your diaries, your shaving kit, your eating utensils." "Everything else must go." "I mean everything." "It's of no use to us now." "We can carry nothing except what keeps us alive." "And that includes animals, I'm afraid." "I'm sorry, Chippy, no pets." "This is the Bible, presented to us by Her Majesty Queen Alexandra." "I'm keeping three pages." "This is one of them." ""Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death" "I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me... "" "Let's get on with it, boys." "Are they with you?" "Yes, boss." "Well done, boys." "It's five minutes to 3:00, so we're ahead of ourselves." "We haven't even begun." "It's McNeish, sir." "Thank you, Frank." "She won't stand a chance out there." "The dogs will tear her to pieces, and you know it." "Let me take her." "She's a bloody he." "I'll take her myself, if you don't mind." "My job now is to make sure you all live- every single one of you." "To do that, I cannot afford to be sentimental." "If I am, you will die." "Die frozen, die starving, die mad." "I've seen it before." "I do not intend to see it again." "Now, it's been brought to my attention that one or two people here may have picked up items discarded by others yesterday." "Don't look so worried, boatswain." "I have a confession to make." "I am one of those guilty people." "I've picked up a book in the snow this morning." "A poetry book" " Robert Browning." "I'm reminded of a line from a poem of his called "Prospice. "" ""For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave. "" "Let's make this our best, shall we?" "Robertson Island!" "Robertson Island!" "Five miles a day!" "Five miles a day!" "Right there, you are." "Can I have the next?" "Hudson and Macklin have already scouted this floe." "They reckon it's over a mile square." "Well, that should give us some stability." "Five miles a day is obviously impossible, so we have two alternatives." "Travel slow and risk running out of food, or we stay here, wait for the weather to get warmer, try to get out by boat." "I think we could get some more supplies off the ship before she disappears completely." "That way we could preserve the sledding rations." "Good idea." "Skipper?" "I think we should stay here and see what happens." "Very well." "Tell the men we're going to stay here for now, but I don't want anybody digging in." "We have to be ready to move at any time." "Frank, you take who you want." "Get back to the ship in the morning." "No heroics." "Yes, boss." "I've got it." "Marzipan." "That does it, I've gotten hungry now." "Walnuts." "Another weight off me mind." "Keep going!" "We're in the right place." "There's more there, I'm sure of it." "I've got no oven, so don't go expecting any bread." "It's hot, and that's the best thing I can say about it." "Go on, chef, let's have it then." "Oh, God, she's bloody useless!" "Now the bloody bottom's burned out!" "How can I bloody cook without a bloody pot to cook in?" "Charlie, where are you going?" "I'm bloody going home." "This is bloody stupid!" "I've had enough." "Look, this must be dump camp." "What?" "All our stuff." "It's all here somewhere." "Hundreds of pounds of it, just thrown away- such a ruddy waste." "You won't find anything now." "Ice melts, everything sinks, ice freezes, it's gone- simple as that." "Someone's had a go." "Look." "Could be penguins." "Penguins looking for gold sovereigns, I presume." "that bicycle." "A Rudge-Whitworth" " I won't find one like it again." "Come on." "What are you doing?" "Looking for my film." "It's down there, underwater." "The cans are sealed, so the water can't get at it but I can't reach." "If you two blokes were to hold my legs, I think I could." "You're crazy." "You'll freeze to death if you go under there, if you don't drown first." "Can't reach far enough on my own." "I'm not going without them." "Pull!" "There's another one." "She's on the move." "Just don't worry, I'll be quick." "Where's he gone?" "I don't bloody know." "Get him out." "Come on!" "Pull!" "Let's get his circulation going." "She's going!" "Let's get him out." "All right." "Just get the bloody film." "Take the cans." "Frank, we can't carry any more weight." "I'm not leaving them behind." "I have 28 lives to consider." "So have I!" "And one year of each of those" "What's the point of our survival if there's no record of what's happened, and if we don't make it, then this will be all the life that's left of us." "Without these, we've done nothing... except get lost like a bunch of schoolgirls on a nature ramble." "How many are there? Well, perhaps we could take a box." "Not enough." "the selection." "the selection together." "Deal? Deal?" "Deal." "Penguins, two, regarding cameraman with amorous expression." "No more penguins." "View of South Georgia, slightly out of focus, sea captain in foreground." "No, certainly not- doesn't do him justice." "Close shot- mad storekeeper in silly hat." "Staring at camera with glazed expression." "No, too depressing." "Oh, wait, we have an obligation to his mother." "We'll keep it." "Cantankerous old man standing on prow of ship." "Oh, you're right, he does look miserable... and old." "Cancel that career as a Hollywood photographer." "Put it in the public- have-a-right-to-know box." "When did you take this?" "First day we played football on the ice." "I never thought of her as beautiful- always seemed dumpy, somehow;" "heavy around the waist." "Well, she's what I see now." "First, I would like to pay tribute to Chippy McNeish, whose hard work has contrived to give us a safer and more seaworthy way home." "Well done." "I would like to christen them today after three people without whose help we would not be where we are today." "TheStancomb-Wills after my dear friend," "Miss Janet Stancomb-Wills, captained by Mr. Hudson." "TheDudley Docker,under the command of Captain Worsley." "And theJames Cairn, which I will myself command." "No champagne, I'm afraid." "She's going, boys." "It's as though she never existed." "Nothing." "Not even a dent in the bloody ice, yet she was right here." ""Out of whose womb came the ice," ""And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?" ""The waters are hid as with stone," "And the face of the deep is frozen. "" "Thank you for saving the pictures." "You were right." "Without them, we'd just be left with words... and they're not always enough." "You start a fire here at the bottom using a little wood and petrol to get it going." "Then you place the main blubber container on top of that." "This is heated by the fire, the blubber starts to boil, spilling back into the fire increasing the intensity of the heat." "And the smoke." "All we need now is something to bloody cook on it." "Yes." "Well done, Frank." "Hudson!" "Distract her, for God's sake." "Not like that." "Pretend to be a seal." "Well, that didn't work." "It just disappeared." "That's because you were waving your arms." "Seals don't have arms." "The don't wear silly hats, either." "You told me to distract it, not to impersonate it." "Look, there's another one." "Right there." "Cheetham." "Whose is this?" "Vincent." "Whose is this?" "Bakewell." "Whose is this?" "McNeish." "Whose is this?" "Blackborow." "Whose is this?" "It's a trick, isn't it?" "What is?" "How you call them out?" "What are you talking about?" "When you say, "Whose is this?", it means it's a small portion, and when you say, "Whose isthis?"it's a big one." "Don't be ridiculous." "Oh, you don't care, do you?" "You're the storeman." "You can have what you like." "How dare you say that?" "Shut up, Colonel!" "Blackborow." "Skipper." "You can choose the names tomorrow." "Me, sir?" "Now let's get some sleep." "Maybe it's the other way around." "The ice is getting less stable." "I think we should get closer to the sea while we still can." "We're organized." "We could average two, maybe three miles a day." "We'll never manage all three boats." "We'll have to walk in relays to move two as it is." "Do you think 28 men can make it in two boats?" "Yes, I do." "If there's no alternative, they'll have to." "We'll strike camp tomorrow." "The men were looking forward to celebrating Christmas, boss." "Then we make tomorrow Christmas." "I don't want to stay here any longer." "It isn't safe." "Now, we'll have a feast tomorrow, and everything that's not going on the sledges can be eaten." "?" "..." "Merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay?" "?" "For Jesus Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day?" "?" "To save us all from Satan's power when we were gone astray?" "?" "O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy?" "?" "O tidings of comfort and joy.?" "McNEISH:" "It's ripping into the hulls." "They'll not take much more of it." "What's he going to do if we lose the cutter?" "We'll not get everybody in as it is." "Go to sleep, old man." "Go and look at the hulls." "I'm not joking." "Ah, you're all too bloody terrified of him." "That's enough!" "It's suicide." "You can't fit 28 men in two tiny boats." "We're barely making 600 yards an hour as it is." "Another boat would kill us." "We should have stayed where we were, waited for the ice to break up." "And if it didn't?" "What then?" "He knows what he's doing." "No, he doesn't." "None of them know what they're doing." "Good evening, hoop tent." "Evening, boss." "Boss." "Well done today." "I know it was hard, but thank you." "Skipper says we're going to have some better weather tomorrow, so get some rest." "Yes, sir." "Sir." "Carry on, then." "Do you think he heard?" "Doesn't bloody listen." "How are they?" "Tired, pretty fed up." "I think we all feel much the same." "Wasn't much of a day." "What'd we do, Buddha- two miles?" "Mile and a half, I reckon." "Well, let's hope we do better tomorrow." "Don't let it come down on you." "To the side." "Hold the back." "Pull." "Hold it at the back." "Let it go, let it go." "Push." "Push astern." "Whoa, whoa, it's caught." "It's caught in the ice." "And... strain." "Take it straight!" "Ah, this is bloody stupid!" "She's being torn apart." "Come on, keep at it, we can get through this!" "I'm not doing it, it's stupid." "Look at the hull." "You're supposed to be captain of this cutter and you're tearing her apart." "He's right." "We can't leave it here, we have to go on." "We can inspect any damage when we make camp." "Now get back to your position." "Bring her around!" "No." "That's an order." "From who?" "From your captain." "Captain of what?" "You've no ship." "We've no ship." "So we're no longer under ship's articles." "And therefore we're under no compulsion to do anything that's bloody stupid." "And for your information, we're not being paid, either." "Get back to your positions, all of you." "We'll not be paid from the day she sank." "No ship, no pay." "Every sailor knows that." ""No ship, no pay"?" "I've never heard that before." "Well, get yourself a copy of ship's articles, admiral." "What is going on here?" "McNish here feels that there are certain..." "Get these men back to work, Captain." "There's a base up ahead," "Charlie's setting up a tent." "Now, move, and that's an order." "You've no authority." "Don't talk to me about authority." "Who gave you the authority to have 20 men standing still here freezing?" "Who gave you the authority to risk their lives while you discuss what you think?" "You want to know why they're doing what they're doing?" "Because I told them to." "If you think that's wrong, then you come me." "The cutter's been torn apart." "I don't care about the bloody cutters!" "I care about the bloody men!" "Their lives- that's what I'm responsible for!" "McNISH:" "Well, I'm responsible for my life, now, and that means I don't have to accept what some bastard who plants flags in snow for a living thinks I should do." "We haven't got a ship, we haven't got a contract." "We don't have to do what you say." "I am the leader of this expedition and your contract is with me, not the bloody ship." "Now, you do what I say and I will keep you alive- and Iwillkeep you alive." "But if you threaten my expedition, the lives of my men... if you become the danger, then I will have no hesitation in having you shot." "McNISH:" "Aye." "Well, we know how much you like that." "Get back to your place, McNish." "And you, Vincent." "There's no other way." "Don't think for one second that I would hesitate to use this." "Give him a hand behind, will you, Mac?" "Right, let's get this boat moving, shall we?" "There's a base half a mile ahead." "If we all pull together we can be there in a couple of hours." "Come on!" "As some of you may know," "Chippy and I had the opportunity of a... few moments' discussion about your contract of employment." "There seemed to be some confusion, which I would like to straighten out." "I have here a copy of the contract which you have all signed, and I shall read a part of it for the benefit of those who seem not to have bothered." ""All members of the crew, without exception," ""are to have interchangeable duties" ""and to perform any duty onboard, in the boats or on the shore as directed by the master or owner. "" "That means, gentlemen, that you're under my command until I release you, which will not be until we have reached the home port." "It also means that you will be paid until that time with or without the ship." "Any questions?" "McNish?" "No." "Sir." "Very good." "Well, then." "If Charlie's ready for us," "I think a little dinner is in order." "Thank you." "Is he all right, do you think?" "No, I don't think he is." "But he won't let anyone see it." "Leave him to me." "What could he have hoped to achieve by confronting me like that?" "Is he mad?" "They're tired." "It's hard..." "Grubs up, Captain." "Should I tell the boss?" "No, leave him be." "He's coming." "But they've no experience at this." "Well, who does, for God's sake?" "They think I'm doing this for my own enjoyment?" "Our supplies are low, our morale is low, if we don't move we'll die." "I know." "But some of them are starting to think that we're going to die anyway, so what's the point in moving." "Who said that?" "Which of them said that?" "No one's saying it yet." "It's what they're starting to think." "They're not going to die." "I will not let them die." "Do you understand?" "I will not let them bloody die." "We just didn't think that theEndurance would be away for so long." "We have an obligation to pay the crew's families, but we expected the ship to be back in South America by November at the latest." "When do you run out of funds?" "Next month." "What about the Royal Geographical Society?" "We only took half of the thousand pounds that they offered us." "Unfortunately, we promised not to ask for the other half... in writing." "Well, tell them that we've changed our minds." "These are families with children and they are our responsibility." "And I know that my husband wouldn't allow them to suffer." "Even £500, Lady Shackleton, would only last four months." "If we don't have news very soon it means that they're in trouble, doesn't it?" "I'm afraid it does." "Well, perhaps the Royal Geographical Society should start to worry about that, too." "The dogs won't make it across this, let alone the boats." "It's breaking up fast." "We'll be on the water soon enough." "Perhaps we should just wait." "You noticed anything unusual?" "No wildlife." "Nothing for three days." "We've about two day's supply of meat left." "We can't take the dogs with us when we're in the boats." "If we can't get any further we should get rid of them." "That should help us conserve our meat supply at least." "Let's get back." "Boss." "What about theStancomb-Wills?" "What about it?" "I could take a team and go back for it." "We haven't come that far, could be our last chance." "We might be able to pick up some food as well." "The ice is too dangerous." "I'm not risking any lives." "Find a way or make one." "What?" "Something my father once said to me, "Find a way or make one. "" "I think we could do it." "If it's impossible, we abandon it;" "we're no worse off." "Push it..." "Hold it there!" "All right." "And she's going, lads, she's going." "All hands!" "All hands!" "Why have we stopped?" "It's the boss." "Boss's idea." "Thought you gentlemen might like a little refreshment." "What is it?" "Don't you be rude, now." "It's as fine a cup of tea as you'll ever taste." "Get it down you." "Thank you." "Well done." "You're looking a little overloaded, boatswain." "It's our Christmas dinner, boss." "Bakewell and me left most of ours behind." "Did you now?" "Well, you'll make number three tent happy tonight, won't you?" "Yes, boss." "Thank you, boss." "You're not going to let him get away with that, are you?" "Sir?" "Relax, colonel." "But that's a personal supply." "Well, didn't you bring anything?" "No, because you said that we shouldn't." "Well... perhaps you should have." "Doesn't seem right after all the work they've done to get us here." "McNISH:" "Ah, you're wasting your breath." "That bastard doesn't care." "If those old ladies back in England who gave him all the money knew he was out here shooting dogs, they'd shoot him." "Aye." "Well, maybe they'll find us a cure." "Come on, boy." "McNISH:" "Incredible." "Best thing I've ever eaten." "Who's that?" "Uh, it's Nelson." "Well, turn him over, he's getting burnt." "He doesn't deserve that." "Don't mix them up." "I want to know who I'm eating." "What?" "It's not the eating, it's the liking I object to." "The Chinese consider it a delicacy." "Exactly." "Don't all look at me." "It's not my fault." "It's not you." "Can you feel anything?" "The ice" " I felt a swell, I'm sure of it." "You're right, it's moving." "We're back at sea again, boys." "What can you see?" "I can see something, but it's hard to tell what it is." "What do you think it is?" "I think it's land." "According to your reckoning this morning, we're here." "You were looking northwest to here." "It's either Clarence Island or Elephant Island." "I think it's Elephant Island." "How far is that?" "I'd say two days' sailing." "Are all the boats packed and ready to launch?" "I feel like a captain again." "What do you mean?" "Well, this floe is about as big as theEndurance." "Pull up some canvas, I could sail her out of here." "You can start plotting your course, sir." "She wouldn't last ten minutes." "She won't last more than a day or two as it is." "Watchman, are you alert?" "!" "Yes, boss." "She's starting to split." "Crack!" "Crack!" "Get out, boys, get out!" "Jesus Christ!" "Man in the water!" "Come on!" "Give us some help!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Get him up." "You all right, man?" "I lost my bleeding out there!" "I'm really sorry about that, Holness, really sorry." "I'm not sleeping on a silly iceberg again, that's for sure!" "Everyone's clear." "We're out of the pack!" "Well, thank God for that." "I didn't think we stood a chance." "Who says we do?" "We've been very lucky." "Head for theDocker." "We need the skipper to take a sighting while we still have the sun." "Well, how much closer are we now?" "We're no closer." "We're further away." "That's impossible!" "No, no, it means that the ice has been moving away from us, not us moving away from it." "What's our course?" "Nor'- nor'east." "Then we row." "Come on." "Jesus!" "They don't know where we are or where we're going." "Save your strength." "JOURNALIST The expedition is without the funds for a relief party." "And the money left by Sir Ernest Shackleton to pay the dependents of the men serving is almost exhausted." "Unless theEndurancereaches port within the next few days, we are advised that arrangements should be at once commenced... for the organization of a relief expedition to the Weddell Sea. "" "If you can't pull, get away from the oars." "It's making it harder for everyone else." "Give me the oar, Colonel." "Perce, give me a hand." "I can't, sir!" "I can't move my feet." "Stamp them." "Keep stamping them." "I'll help." "Take that." "It's his back." "All right, take my oar." "I'll look after him." "Wills!" "All well?" "Will'sall well, sir!" "Docker!" "Are you well?" "Docker'swell!" "We could do with some clean underwear." "I have some at home." "Tell my wife I'm on the way." "Here, take these." "Wear them till your hands come back." "I'm all right." "Don't be such a bloody fool!" "Take the bloody things or I'll throw them in the sea!" "Thank you." "Come on!" "Let's pull!" "Pull!" "Pull!" "Pull!" "MAN The prime minister has had the enclosed letter asking him to receive a deputation about the necessity of sending a relief expedition for Sir Ernest Shackleton." "This does not seem to be a matter in which the prime minister should take initiative, and I have ascertained that the Admiralty would not take it up, so I'm writing to ask if you think the Royal Geographical Society would wish to act" "and perhaps, to make representation to the Treasury." "Yours sincerely, Marsh." "Good morning." "Morning." "Is it time for breakfast?" "Must be." "What do you think?" "Tea or coffee?" "I never can decide." "Drives the wife crazy." "She always has to make both every morning." "Hit me." "What?" "Hit me!" "What have you got under there?" "Nothing." "Are you hiding food?" "His feet are completely gone." "Frostbite." "I'm sorry." "Are you all right?" "Yes, thank you." "Where's theDocker?" "I don't know." "I can only see theWills." "If that bastard is lost, I'll kill him." "Worsley!" "Worsley!" "Frank, what's that?" "It's land." "The stupid bugger's got us to Elephant Island and lost himself." "Skipper..." "Skipper!" "Is he dead?" "No, he's still breathing." "Any sign of the others?" "No, sir, must have drifted apart in the night." "I'll take theWillsin first." "She's the lightest." "Charlie, get your stuff together." "I want you and Frank to come with me." "Blackborow!" "Here, sir!" "No one's ever landed on Elephant Island before." "As the youngest of the party, you'll be the first to step ashore." "Yes, sir." "Thank you, sir." "I'll wake him up." "What the hell are you doing?" "You want him awake, don't you?" "Skipper, we're on course." "We're at the island." "Keep her away four degrees." "Go on!" "Come on, Blackborow, you're the first." "Come on, man." "Give me a hand." "Get up, man!" "What's wrong with his feet?" "He hasn't got any, I don't think- frostbite." "Come on, boy." "Well, Perce, you were the first person to sit down on Elephant Island anyway." "Yes, sir." "Thank you, sir." "Oh, isn't it beautiful?" "It's the most beautiful bloody beach I've ever seen." "Charlie!" "Yes, boss!" "Have you got your stove?" "Yes, boss." "I think a little lunch is in order." "All right, boss." "I'll go and see what I can find." "EMILY The delay in hearing from my husband must be due to weather conditions." "In any case, theEndurance is sure to be short of coal and is probably drifting with the ice or... traveling under sail." ""There is no doubt, however," ""that a relief ship should be got ready without delay and leave here in August at the latest for the Weddell Sea. "" "Do you think that means she knows something?" "It means that Perris isn't getting anywhere with the government, and he's trying to create some public sympathy." "Because he needs more money." "Because, otherwise, there won't be a relief expedition." "There's a war on, darling." "Antarctic explorers in the snow aren't exactly the government's priority at the moment." "How's Buddha?" "Still in pain." "Not much to give him." "Thanks." "He's done some damage to his spine." "I think there may be an abscess." "And his hands are badly frostbitten." "Apparently, he had no gloves yesterday." "Blackborow and Greenstreet are more cheerful, but their feet are pretty bad." "They won't be going anywhere for a while." "I'm afraid we'll all have to be on the move." "What?" "This beach is too dangerous." "Frank and I looked at the high-water marks on the cliff." "When this weather picks up, the whole bloody beach will be underwater." "Can't we get further ashore anywhere?" "I'd a look around as well." "I don't think so." "Don't look so gloomy." "We're on land, we're safe, we have food, we have water." "We're alive." "We'll find another beach." "After today, nothing will be hard ever again." "Morning, boss." "Charlie." "Did you sleep?" "Oh, bloody tent blew down." "How about you?" "No." "How long do you reckon we're going to stay here then?" "Not too long, I hope." "How about we make a start with breakfast?" "Come on, I'll give you a hand." "Right, boss." "Rise and shine, gentlemen." "Do us a favor and fuck off, boss." "We're dead in here." "Come on." "I brought you some milk." "I lost me gloves in the night." "For all I know, I lost me soddin' hands." "I just want to sleep now." "Get up, you bastard!" "You're on me foot." "I'm not on your bleeding foot." "I don't even know where it is." "I doubt you do either." "All right, boss, I'll have some of that milk." "Careful, boss, we're a little muddy." "You wouldn't think we'd be that warm, but we are." "Mack, how's Hudson?" "He's in a lot of pain." "He has a large abscess on his behind." "There's nothing much I can do about it, but..." "I've washed out as much of the salt as I can." "Have you seen Hussey?" "No, I thought he was fine." "He's taking it rather badly, I'm afraid." "Here." "Thanks, boss." "Chippy." "I suppose there's no way we can make theCaird more seaworthy without wood." "Who says we don't have wood?" "What do you want to do?" "Make her unsinkable." "Cover her over, you mean, and make a deck?" "Yes." "But I suppose that's impossible." "Who's the carpenter around here, you or me?" "He hasn't slept for days." "We'll put him in my tent as he's no use." "I'm going to take a small group of men on theCaird to go and get help." "I was hoping you'd agree to be one of them." "I better make sure she's watertight then, right?" "I can only take six men with me, and so far, every one of you who can stand has volunteered." "Except me, sir." "I'm not much use on the boat." "Not much use on the bloody planet." "Settle down now." "We're 870 miles away from the whaling station at South Georgia." "If we're lucky with the weather, we'll be there in 12 days, pick up a ship, back here in under a month, couple of bottles of brandy, a few cigarettes." "We could have ourselves a pretty bloody good winter." "'Course if any of you wanted to go home as well, that could be arranged." "I know those who remain will have the harder task." "If we should not come back, you'll have to think of another plan." "I've asked Frank Wild to take charge of the party and the Doctors Macklin and Mcllroy to stay behind to tend the men who are sick." "They've kindly agreed." "Now, with me, I'm taking the Skipper, who, over the last few days, has proved to us he's the finest navigator on earth;" "Chippy McNeish, who will start work immediately on theJames Caird;" "Seaman McCarthy and Seaman Vincent, who gave me such a valuable lesson in charm this morning." "Tom, I'd like you to be with me as well." "Yes, boss." "Now, I want to leave in four days, so there's plenty to do." "I'm afraid Charlie Green isn't too well." "The doctors have ordered a complete rest, so I will need to appoint a temporary chef." "Hussey, I'd like you to take charge." "I'm asking Frank Hurley to assist you." "Yes, boss." "Thank you." "I'd like to have taken you with me in theCaird." "You've chosen a good team." "You're the expedition photographer, Frank." "I think it right that you stay with the expedition." "In some ways, youare the expedition." "I don't know what are chances are in theCaird." "Evens at best, I suspect." "If we die, then what we've done lies with you and your pictures." "You are our story." "If I don't come back," "I want to make sure there's someone there to tell it." "I've drawn up this letter." "It gives you back the rights to all your pictures and your films if I die." "Thank you." "I appreciate it." "It's a trick, of course." "Sir?" "I'm not intending to die." "Well..." "I suppose that's the last we'll see of them." "Fuck off, you shite." "Yes, master." "by my reckoning." "And all of it like this." "This is the easy part." "Let me give you a hand." "Thanks." "Pass the pot, will you?" "Incredible." "So beautiful." "Imagine what people would say in London if one of them came floating up the Thames." "They'd say, "If there's an iceberg in London, what the bloody hell is happening in Scotland?"" "It's a privilege to see a master chef at work." "Whoa!" "Cumberland sausage with English mustard." "Um... macaroni cheese." "Pickled onion." "Venison pie." "Pork and beans." "Hmm..." "Scones with jam and cream." "Bread and butter pudding." "Roast potatoes." "Pig's trotters." "Marmalade pudding and devonshire cream." "Dumpling." "What sort of dumpling?" "What do you think?" "Bloody big sort of dumpling." "Ready?" "Up!" "Starboard." "Pole 20, and 32 seconds." "McILROY:" "I'm sorry, old man." "I have to have a look at it." "Oh, it's very swollen." "Can you do anything about it?" "Although it's painful," "I don't think it's dangerous at the moment." "Gently..." "Excuse me." "We need those pages." "Let's hope the wind holds." "This left foot isn't healing properly and I think the toes are becoming gangrenous." "Do you want to amputate?" "I don't think there's any alternative." "Nothing to worry about, young man." "No, sir..." "I wasn't." "Something's changed." "Can you feel it?" "I know..." "She's heavier." "I know what it is." "Ice." "When I put this over your face," "I want you to breathe deeply." "Do you understand?" "Yes, sir." "Ready?" "Just hold that there, would you, Frank?" "Thank you." "McNEISH:" "There's lots of damage to the deck." "We can't afford to let any more water in." "Tom!" "Bandages, please and could you pass me the mentholated spirits?" "How much of that stuff have you got?" "Enough." "Enough for me to borrow some?" "You're the boss." "?" "It's a lie, a damned infernal lie?" "?" "It's a lie?" "?" "It's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie.?" "?" "The lords that dwell inside this place?" "?" "lead very virtuous lives?" "?" "Each one keeps a harem fair of mermaids for his wives?" "?" "Perhaps you don't believe me, and at my words you've smiled?" "?" "But I vow, it's the gospel truth?" "?" "just ask the bastard Wild?" "?" "It's a lie, a damned infernal lie?" "?" "It's a lie?" "?" "It's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie.?" "The prime minister wanted me to give this to you personally." "What's this?" "A committee." "A committee?" "While the prime minister does not consider the fate of the trans-imperial expedition to be a government matter, he nonetheless feels a personal concern, and therefore proposes that a committee of interested parties, including representatives of the board of trade and the treasury" "should meet and discuss possible actions." "It's the middle of May." "If a ship is not crewed and ready within eight weeks, it won't be able to get through the ice for another year, by which time... we'll be rescuing corpses." "Morning, boss." "Morning, skipper." "What's it like?" "I think it's clearing for us." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Who is speaking?" "Hello." "I'm sorry to call you." "This is..." "I know who you are." "I know I shouldn't call." "I know that he'd be angry." "And me?" "How would I be?" "I" " I-I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I shouldn't have." "Say what you wish." "You want to know if he's alive." "Yes." "You want to know if he's breathing somewhere, or lying in some cold, hard chamber, where no one can ever touch him." "Does that upset you?" "Don't you ever think about it?" "Are you surprised that I have dreams about where he might be?" "Or do you think somehow I know, because I've sat here before... waiting with no news, long after the deadline is dead." "I'm very sorry." "I shouldn't have called you." "It's easier to cry when you have no child to watch you." "I have a child." "His name is Victor." "He's seven." "I'm sorry." "I didn't know that." "No." "You want to know if he's alive." "Yes." "He is alive." "Oh, thank you." "So where are we now?" "We're on South Georgia." "But unfortunately, the whaling station is on the other side of the island, and there's a mountain in between." "You shouldn't have been allowed to read a compass on your own." "You think that we could sell these to the public?" "What?" "Baby albatross." "To the gastronomic class, albatross a la mode." "Could be worth something." "Albatross à la Shackleton would have more impact." "Or à la Worsley..." "sounds more French." "With fresh cream, of course." "What's that?" "We have to decide what to do." "I think it would be difficult to launch theCaird." "So do I." "I think we have to cross by land." "Those who can't walk can stay here." "We'll come back for them." "Well, boatswain's very bad, and I don't think Chippy could cope on his own." "Then we'll leave them with McCarthy." "There are two points in the adventure of the diver:" "one, when a beggar, he prepares to plunge, one, when a prince, he rises with his pearl." "Have you ever climbed a mountain?" "No." "Nor me." "The albatross will be pleased." "We can't get down here." "Let's try further along." "Well, so much for cutting steps." "Maybe we could get further on our asses." "We don't know what's ahead." "There could be a precipice." "Not according to the map." "Not according to the map." "Shall we?" "How far have we got?" "Thousand feet, perhaps more." "My trousers are ruined." "Just a short one." "Must sleep for a moment." "Come on, come on!" "You've had half an hour!" "What?" "You've had half an hour of sleep." "Gentlemen, I should like to welcome you to this inaugural meeting of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition Relief Committee." "Time... what time is it?" "About 7:00." "Exactly." "What time is it exactly?" "before 7:00." "Why?" "Listen." "For what?" "I have to do something." "There may be women here." "What?" "Can't go around with my trousers flapping open." "Can... can you lend me a hand?" "Keep still." "The manager's house." "Is this... the manager's house?" "Do you know me?" "My name... is Ernest Shackleton." "We have lost our ship and come over the island." "Ernest Shackleton, my friend." "I'm afraid that we smell a little." "This is a whaling station;" "we all smell a little." "We've been away so long." "Tell us about the war." "When did it end?" "The war?" "The war, my friend, is not over." "They've gone mad." "Europe has gone mad." "They've killed millions and millions of people." "It's a war like..." "no other war." "Who is winning?" "Well, whoever is left alive in the end." "Won't you sit down, please, please." "Thank you." "I need to borrow a ship;" "my men need help." "I need to borrow a ship." "Just sit, please." "You're safe now, and your men will be safe now." "Do you have a camera?" "We should take a picture." "Don't worry about that." "Just rest." "Frank would want us to take a picture, wouldn't he?" "Where's Marston?" "If he isn't here, he doesn't eat." "Shh-shh." "Shh." "MAN Ship!" "Ship!" "At last!" "Ship!" "Are you all well?" "All well, boss!" "We are all well!" "We areallwell!" "It took four separate attempts in different ships before Sir Ernest Shackleton finally reached Elephant Island on August 30, 1916- four months and six days after he had left on theJames Caird." "The steam tugYelcho was totally unsuitable for such a rescue but somehow the ice cleared and she reached the beach." "Worried that she might be trapped in the ice," "Shackleton did not even step ashore." "The crew of theEndurancehad a hero's welcome in Punta Arenas." "Shackleton wrote to his wife that day." ""I've done it." ""Damn the admiralty." ""Not a life lost, and we have been through hell." ""Soon I will be home." "Then I will rest. "" "There was to be little rest." "Within three months, most of the crew had found their way to the front line." "Shackleton was to return to the Antarctic one final time, in 1922." "Eight of theEndurancecrew sailed with him, including Frank Wild, Worsley, the two doctors- Mcllroy and Macklin" "Hussey and his banjo, and Charlie Green as the cook." "Shackleton died of a heart attack as the ship reached South Georgia." "On his wife Emily's instruction" "Shackleton did not return to England, but was buried in the cemetery at the whaling station at Grytviken." "Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access. wgbh. org"