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Scott & Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure: The Discovery

Rob Bell boards the ship that kick started the age of polar exploration as he looks at the history of RRS Discovery, the world's first purpose-built scientific vessel. Heading to the Victorian shipbuilding capital of Dundee, Rob finds out why this was the only place in Britain that could make a ship capable of taking on the formidable ice floes of Antarctica, and tells the story of how a chance meeting in London would define the course of polar exploration.

English
  • Originally Aired November 2, 2019
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Network Channel 5
  • Created December 16, 2019 by
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