Real Life Heroes - The Great Escapes DVD

Conquest of Everest: On May 29th 1953 Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay reached the highest point on Earth at the top of Mount Everest. Including rare aerial shots of the summit this documentary traces man's desire to climb the unknown and into history. Conquering The North Pole: For years men had dreamed of standing at the North Pole the Frozen Grail of Arctic exploration at the top of the world. But then Frederick Cook and Robert Peary both claimed to have reached the North Pole in 1908. After centuries of failure and gruesome deaths the world now had two claimants... for discovering the North Pole. But who was telling the truth and who was the fraud? The Race for the South Pole In 1911 the world was captivated by the race between Captain Scott and Ronald Amundsen to reach the South Pole. Whilst Amundsen achieved history and left a note inside a tent at the pole for Scott to read the fate of Scott's party was a grim reminder of the dangers of this desolate sub-continent. [show more]

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