100 years of Shackleton. In the icy Weddell Sea of the relentless Antarctic, a tiny wooden boat floats alone. Its red sails are needed for stabilization against the storm that tosses it around like a plaything. On board are three men and one woman, all weary and tense. It’s no wonder, as it currently seems uncertain whether they will reach their destination of South Georgia, and above all: whether they will make it in time, since a few days ago, 200 liters of precious drinking water splashed into the boat, nearly half of their supply, as the tanks sprang a leak. This is not a historical adventure; we are in the year 2000. Yet a sometimes eerily similar situation unfolded here in 1916: it concerns the legendary rescue mission of Sir Ernest Shackleton, following the sinking of the Endurance after a dramatic...