Behind the Music

National Geographic has since confirmed — in interviews and production notes, not clearly in the film itself — that the voices in Endurance were created using AI voice recreation.

Shackleton, Frank Worsley, and Tom Crean made that final crossing together, exhausted, close to collapse, and long past anything the body should’ve tolerated. Yet afterwards, all three men admitted something quietly, almost shyly: They felt a fourth presence with them.

I just wanted to share the story behind my song The Sky Is Falling in my own words.

Halfway through, something extraordinary happened. Using modern technology, I could access the real voice of Frank Worsley, captain of the Endurance. Not AI, not an actor—his actual recordings.

A rare moment with Frank Worsley’s own voice, recounting the 800-mile open-boat voyage that saved the Shackleton expedition

Track 12: The Journey of the James Caird Shackleton and five men set sail across 800 miles of brutal ocean in a tiny lifeboat, risking everything to save their crew. This track captures the fear, the fury of the sea, and the miracle of survival — told through shifting soundscapes and raw emotion.

A song that captures Shackleton’s impossible decision to risk everything and find a way through the world’s roughest seas.

Find a Way captures the moment Shackleton and his crew faced their toughest decision yet—risk everything on a desperate journey or face certain death on the ice.

When I first heard these vocal ("Claire") recordings, I was really drawn to her voice, especially on Hollow Ground.