054_Ross_Sea_Party_Part_Two
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01/01/18 • 48 min
The Ross Ice Barrier claims its final victim of the Heroic Age as Joyce, Richards and Wild struggle to get the depot party back to safety, then McMurdo Sound takes two more lives when a gamble on the weather goes against Mackintosh and Hayward.
The Ross Ice Barrier claims its final victim of the Heroic Age as Joyce, Richards and Wild struggle to get the depot party back to safety, then McMurdo Sound takes two more lives when a gamble on the weather goes against Mackintosh and Hayward.
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Shackleton's depot laying party head to the Ross Sea and fight to get food and fuel to the foot of the Beardmore. Part one of a two parter recounting one of the most harrowing chapters to arise in the heroic era.
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