Travelers who embark on a Weddell Sea and South Georgia expedition cruise with Quark Expedition between November 6 to December 5, 2010 will not only have the adventure of a lifetime, but they’ll also get to watch the documentary film-making process in the best extreme conditions. Ireland’s Crossing the Line Films will be accompanying the cruise and simultaneously filming a doc about the 20th century race to the South Pole. Fancy having your wind-burned face on TV? Here's your chance.
The expedition celebrates the 1914-17 Antarctic expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. After their ship Endurance sank, Shackleton led his men across the frozen Weddell Sea to Elephant Island, then sailed a lifeboat 800 miles by dead-reckoning to South Georgia. There he affected the rescue of his men left behind. One of the men who sailed with Shackleton in that tiny boat was Tom Crean. Crossing The Line’s John Murray says, “Crean played a central role in some of the biggest dramas of Antarctic exploration.” And now you can too, sort of. ]]>
