The stories of two Antarctic expeditions, separated by over a century, are woven together in this gripping documentary from Free Solo and The Rescue directing team Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, together with Natalie Hewit. In a legendary feat of leadership and perseverance, polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton kept his crew of 27 men alive for over a year despite the loss of their ship in frigid pack ice. Over a century later, a team of modern-day explorers sets out to find the sunken ship. From National Geographic Documentary Films, Endurance tells the inspiring stories of these two landmark expeditions, bound by their shared grit and determination.

With introduction by Liam Maloney, historian.

Liam Maloney undertook BA and MA programmes at the School of History in University College Dublin. He began polar history with the Shackleton Endurance Exhibition in Dún Laoghaire and has been writing and speaking about polar topics for ten years. He was historian of the Antarctic Team aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s ‘Norwegian Star’ In 2023 and has spoken to local history societies and institutions across the UK and Ireland. He maintains the ‘Shackleton’s Endurance’ Facebook page and network.

Notes by David O’Mahony.