Why Antarctic explorers are retracing Shackleton’s epic rescue mission | WYNTK | ITV News

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Why Antarctic explorers are retracing Shackleton's epic rescue mission | WYNTK | ITV News

Stranded on the Antarctic ice, their ship sunk – how did Ernest Shackleton’s crew survive for two years before being rescued?

ITV News Science Correspondent Martin Stew is on his way to the scene of that mission impossible – more than a hundred years ago.

And from penguins to chimpanzees – conservationist Jane Goodall tells us why what happens in Antarctica impacts all of us.

Martin tells Lucy Watson and this is What You Need To Know.

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Date: June 23, 2025