Travel Across the Atlantic
A short film documenting the Trust’s Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ to the remote South Georgia Island lays bare the challenging area.
Across the Atlantic is directed by Te Aroha Devon, one of 22 young explorers on the expedition with climber Sam West and data scientist Jenny Sahng, who are featured in the film.
The expedition honoured the centenary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s final expedition, the Quest, which journeyed to South Georgia and marked the end of the heroic-era of Antarctic exploration.
Sam is a young mountaineer. His grandfather’s diaries, written while on New Zealand’s TAE/IGY Expedition to Antarctica in the 1950s inspired Sam to join the first Kiwi team to attempt a climb of South Georgia’s Mount Worsley.
Sam was conscious the weather would be the deciding factor for what the climbing team wanted to achieve.
“South Georgia Island is very exposed and we knew it would be tough,” he says, “but we were cautiously optimistic, because the weather can change quickly and be really unpredictable.”
Follow Sam and Jenny’s journey as they grow their ‘Explorer Mindset’ by watching Across the Atlantic on the Trust’s website.
This expedition and short film were made possible thanks to the generous support of Inspiring Explorers™ Fund donors, and Inspiring Explorers™ Programme Partners MetService and Royal Society Te Apārangi. Special thanks to Jon Kroll and Christopher Sibley for supporting the production of this short film.
