Characters played by Liam Neeson
Self - Narrator
Characters played by Julian Ayer
Self (Grandson of expedition member)
Characters played by John Blackborow
Self (Grandson of expedition member)
Characters played by David Cale
Hubert Hudson
Characters played by John Henry Cox
William Bakewell
Characters played by Mary Crean O'Brien
Self (daughter of Tom Crean)
Characters played by Steven Crossley
Alexander Macklin
'Chippy' McNish
James Wordie
Characters played by Brian d'Arcy James
Frank Wild
Characters played by Drew De Carvalho
Frank Hurley
Characters played by Dominic Hawksley
Thomas Orde-Lees
Characters played by Roland Huntford
Self (historian)
Characters played by Ron Keith
Walter How
Characters played by Tom McNeish
Self (Grandson of McNish)
Characters played by Simon Prebble
Ernest Shackleton
Characters played by Paul Ricketts
Frank Worsley
Characters played by Jonathan Shackleton
Self (Cousin of Shackleton)
Characters played by Ian Stuart
Lionel Greenstreet
Characters played by Peter Wordie
Self (Son of J. Wordie)
Characters played by Ernest Shackleton
Self