Characters played by Kevin Spacey
Narrator
Characters played by Conrad Anker
Self - Mountaineer
Characters played by Iain Fraser
Alexander Macklin
Characters played by Michael Gambon
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Characters played by Ciarán Hinds
Thomas Orde-Lees
Characters played by Denis Lill
Lionel Greenstreet
Characters played by Patrick Malahide
Frank Worsley
Characters played by Reinhold Messner
Self - Mountaineer
Characters played by Bob Sherman
William Blakewell
Characters played by Brett Swain
Frank Hurley
Characters played by Stephen Venables
Self - Mountaineer