Great British Ships Season 2 Episode 3 Scott & Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure: The Discovery 2019
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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.
- Released: 2019-11-02
- Runtime: 45 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Rob Bell, Eric Grove, Paul Pattison, Joanna Thomas, Simon Potter
- Director: Dermot O'Brien, Jane Hardstaff, Luke McLaughlin, Edward McGown
