CHILLS ABOUND IN SHACKLETON STORY.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: September 21, 2001| Author: Wolf, Mark | Copyright information

Byline: Mark Wolf News Staff Writer

It didn't take long for the filmmakers behind Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure to empathize with their subject.

``We made two trips to Antarctica. On the first one we encountered very dangerous weather conditions: winds up to 100 mph that ripped a steel door off the boat. Part of the film crew was trapped on South Georgia Island and had to spend a night in one of the abandoned whaling station huts,'' said Suzanne Simpson, ex...

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