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Great British Ships - Season 2 Episode 3 Scott & Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure: The Discovery

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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.

First Air Date: Sep 20, 2018

Last Air date: Feb 17, 2020

Season: 2 Season

Episode: 12 Episode

Runtime: 45 minutes

IMDb: 5.50/10 by 2.00 users

Popularity: 2.095

Language: English

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