Great British Ships

Season 2 Episode 3: 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.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

2

Episodes:

12

Cast:

Rob Bell, Eric Grove, Paul Pattison

Quality:

HD

Duration:

45 min

First Air:

2018

Rating:

5.5