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Walking With Shackleton: The cold, hard reality of luxury adventure travel.

Winner of the coveted Magellan Award for best Travel Film this unexpected doc sublimely voiced by actor Chris Sullivan ("This is Us" / "Guardian's of the Galaxy") uses select quotes from Sir Ernest Shackleton 1909 Antarctic expedition are juxtaposed against recent breathtaking footage to the same journey aboard Quark Expedition's luxury vessel "The Ultramarine" to create a surreal experience. Such a unique and stark contradiction shockingly illustrates how far we have come as travelers, yet inspires us how our spirit to overcome our own limitations has never changed.

Produced by: www.no-frames.com

From the filmmaker:

While on board for an assignment for Get Lost Magazine, I happened to pick up "The Heart of the Antarctic" by Shackleton in the ship's library. I immediately found it amazing how we were experiencing the same incredible sights, having the same reactions and emotions to this amazing corner of the earth, yet without any of the heartache, impending danger, or discomfort that Shackleton and his team went through. It's a true testament to the amazing job the Quark team does to bring you to these unique and extraordinary places on earth, safely, but always with the same overwhelming sense of adventure.

  • Roberto Serrini
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    documentary, travel, adventure, extreme, polar, antarctica
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 20, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Antarctica
  • Country of Filming:
    Antarctica
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Magellan Award: Best Travel Film 2025
  • Beverly Hills Film Festival
    Beverly Hills, Ca
    April 13, 2026
Director Biography - Roberto Serrini

Roberto Serrini is an award winning filmmaker dedicated to telling amazing stories from around the world. His work and more about him can be found at www.robertoserrini.com

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Director Statement

Antarctica was the last continent for me to visit. It was a tremendously special place, filled with magic moments, trying times, and sheer bliss. Capturing it was difficult to say the least. Fortunately I found the words of Sir Ernest Shackleton in the ships library. As we sailed deeper around the cape of Antarctic I started to realize I was looking through his window, seeing what he first saw, and experiencing the same wonder and joy. Of course all without the imminent risk of frostbite. This beautiful similarity and contradiction was a unique perspective that I had not experienced on any previous trip around the world, and documenting it became an obsession.

This film is the result of that obsession.