National Geographic’s new documentary on Disney+, Endurance, displays the search for the remains of the famed explorer, Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship and offers insight into his involvement in two previous expeditions across Antarctica. The documentary follows the expedition of archaeologist, Mensun Bound, as he and his crew search for the remains of Shackleton’s vessel Endurance, which sank to the bottom of the Weddell Sea in 1915. Endurance follows the crew’s determination to locate the ship while also depicting the trials that Shackleton and his Endurance crew were forced to endure in the Antarctic in order to survive more than 100 years ago.
