# Shackleton's incredible voyage: why isn't this a movie?

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**Created:** [April 12, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-incredible-voyage-why-isnt-this-a-movie/655535 "2013-04-12T19:14:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-incredible-voyage-why-isnt-this-a-movie/655535/41 "2014-01-28T11:45:14Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> 10 they weren’t Americans.

But if they make the flick everybody will think they were!

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**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-incredible-voyage-why-isnt-this-a-movie/655535/42 "2014-01-28T13:54:57Z")

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1. They ate their dogs.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-incredible-voyage-why-isnt-this-a-movie/655535/43 "2014-01-28T14:48:49Z")

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> [@JuliaSqueezer](#):
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> 1. They ate their dogs.

And left their cat to freeze to death.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shackletons-incredible-voyage-why-isnt-this-a-movie/655535/44 "2014-01-28T18:49:20Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> And left their cat to freeze to death.

No, Mrs. Chippy was shot, along with the remaining dogs.

Another very good book about the expedition is [South](http://www.amazon.com/South-Endurance-Expedition-Penguin-Classics-ebook/dp/B001MSMUPC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1390934711&sr=8-4&keywords=south), by Shackleton himself.

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