Exploring Ernest Shackleton With Dan Snow & Ranulph Fiennes

JUL 27 2025 · 12:00

In this fascinating interview, Dan Snow chats to the world's greatest living explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes about Ernest Shackleton and his heroic expeditions during the Golden Age of Antarctic Exploration. Ranulph Fiennes reflects on Ernest Shackleton’s extraordinary resilience, leadership, and ability to keep his men motivated through extreme polar hardships, despite repeatedly failing to meet his original goals. Fiennes compares his own polar expeditions - facing similar dangers without moder