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Great Adventurers - Season 1

Series: Great Adventurers
3.7
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Episodes
5
Rating
TVPG
Year
1999
Language
English
Publisher
Questar

About

What elements of human nature drive the Will of those eager to venture into the unknown? What compels them onward, risking their very lives for a greater purpose? Enter the world of the Explorer, where the only path is 'forward.'

Related Subjects

  • Documentary

Episodes

1. Scott of the Antarctic

47m

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Captain Robert Falcon Scott led two expeditions to the Antarctic region: the Discovery Expedition that set a record of Latitude 82-degrees-South, and the fateful Terra Nova Expedition that saw Scott and his team race Roald Amundsen's team.

2. Christopher Columbus

49m

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Christopher Colombus survived battles with Tunisian galleys, shipwrecks, imprisonment, and severe illness during his remarkable expeditions, eventually setting foot in the West Indies and on the South American mainland in search of gold.

3. Sir Walter Raleigh

48m

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Navigator, poet, and a favorite of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter's meteoric rise was followed by a slow and tragic fall from grace that eventually ended with the farcical Orinoco disaster, and subsequent death on the executioner's block.

4. Sir Francis Drake

56m

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Sir Francis Drake and the British victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 are inextricably linked, but there is more to this man's story. Drake was the first Englishman to see the Pacific Ocean and the first to circumnavigate the world.

5. Sir Ernest Shackleton

55m

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Shackleton was a leader of men. Most memorable was his 1914 expedition where he and his crew's dream of becoming the first team of explorers to cross the Antarctic continent turned nightmarish. Yet, through sheer endurance, all survived.

Extended Details

  • SeriesGreat Adventurers
  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

Lara LoweWriter
Lara LoweProducer
Bob CarruthersProducer
Graham McTavishActor
Sir Randolph FiennesActor
Robert HeadlandActor
Harry KingActor
Julie HallActor
Keith ReedActor
Andy SmithActor
Lucy YeomansActor