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History & expeditions
Browse 19 source-linked records about history & expeditions, with evidence labels, original sources and limitations.
Historical artifacts, claims and scientific context retain their own labels. Inclusion in this collection does not establish a claim as true.
- Video · Heroes and Legends Documentary Channel
Amundsen – The Greatest Explorer You’ve Never Heard Of
A biographical documentary about Roald Amundsen, covering Antarctic and Arctic exploration. The title’s assessment of his greatness is editorial opinion.
- Video · A Popular History of Unpopular Things
Amundsen, Scott, and Mawson | The Deadly Antarctic Expeditions
A creator-produced overview comparing the Antarctic expeditions of Amundsen, Scott, and Mawson during the Heroic Age of exploration.
- Video · Absolute History
Endurance: How A Stranded Crew Survived 2 Years In Antarctica | Great Adventurers | Absolute History
Long-form documentary treatment of the Endurance crew’s Antarctic survival experience.
- Video · British Pathé
Fuchs' Triumph (1958)
British Pathé archival coverage of Vivian Fuchs’s Antarctic expedition, including transport, camp, and South Pole scenes. Preserve the newsreel’s period framing.
- Video · British Pathé
Hillary Reaches Pole (1958)
British Pathé newsreel of Edmund Hillary’s South Pole achievement, with earlier Everest material and Antarctic expedition scenes. The archival title dates it to 1958.
- Video · History Hit
How Did Shackleton Survive The Endurance Expedition?
An animated overview of Shackleton’s Endurance expedition and the survival journey that followed the ship’s loss.
- Video · History Hit
Inside Britain's First Polar Research Vessel | RRS Discovery
A tour of RRS Discovery, the ship used on Scott and Shackleton’s early Antarctic expedition.
- Video · British Pathé
Into The Frozen South (1933)
British Pathé archival footage credited to Douglas Mawson and Frank Hurley aboard Discovery, with ice, penguins, and a period map. Retain its historical context.
- Video · University of Adelaide
Mawson in the Mirror - Research Tuesdays February 2014
A University of Adelaide presentation marking the Australasian Antarctic Expedition’s centenary, examining Douglas Mawson and the expedition’s scientific work and hardships.
- Video · PeriscopeFilm
OPERATION HIGHJUMP 1946 U.S. NAVY ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD 83274
A separate archival film about the U.S. Navy Antarctic expedition and Admiral Richard E. Byrd, presented by PeriscopeFilm.
- Video · PBS NewsHour
Shackleton's ship Endurance discovered after more than 100 years at the bottom of the sea
PBS NewsHour coverage of the discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance on the Weddell Sea floor.
- Video · History Hit
Sir Ranulph Fiennes On Why Ernest Shackleton Was The "Greatest Polar Explorer"
Ranulph Fiennes discusses Shackleton’s polar legacy; assessments of greatness are the interviewee’s opinion.
- Video · Absolute History
Terra Nova: The Doomed Antarctic Mission Of Captain Scott | Great Adventurers | Absolute History
A documentary account of Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition and the attempt to reach the South Pole.
- Video · Geno Samuel Productions
Terra Nova: The White Silence - Captain Scott’s Journey to the South Pole [2023 Documentary]
Geno Samuel’s long-form documentary recounts the Terra Nova expedition and Scott’s South Pole journey. It is a modern historical retelling, not original expedition footage.
- Video · BFI
The end of Endurance, 1915 | BFI National Archive
BFI presents Frank Hurley’s film of the loss of Endurance, excerpted from South (1919). This is archival expedition footage rather than a modern reconstruction.
- Video · History Hit
The Priceless Objects That Saved The Lives Of Shackleton And All His Men
Examines expedition objects and the practical role they played in Shackleton’s survival story.
- Video · PeriscopeFilm
THE SECRET LAND OPERATION HIGHJUMP U.S. NAVY ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1946 ADM. RICHARD BYRD 24972
PeriscopeFilm’s archival upload of The Secret Land, the U.S. Navy’s Operation Highjump documentary. Historical official narrative, not an independent modern assessment.
- Video · BBC News
Underwater robots find Shackleton's Endurance shipwreck in Antarctic - BBC News
BBC reporting on the underwater robots and search that located the Endurance wreck in 2022.
- Video · British Pathé
Us Antarctic Expedition (1947)
British Pathé archival coverage of a U.S. Antarctic expedition in 1947, useful alongside modern accounts of Operation Highjump.