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A 2-year journey creating an 18-track concept album inspired by Shackleton’s Endurance expedition. The story, the music, and the process behind it.

It's been a while since I last wrote here. From the outside, it might look like things have gone quiet… but under the surface, it's been anything but.

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.

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.

Shackleton Part 10 – Escape from the Ice: A Survivor’s Story," brings the harrowing escape to Elephant Island to life ft the Frank Worsley

Sheckleton: Stranded on drifting ice for months, Shackleton’s crew faced boredom, hunger, and uncertainty. Patience Camp:

This update shares how the Shackleton Music Series is evolving into a historical soundtrack, the discovery of Captain Frank Worsley’s voice.

Frank Worsley’s Voice – A Glimpse Into the Past. This track includes an extraordinary feature — the voice of Frank Worsley

Opening nights November 28th and 29th at the "Into Ocean & Ice Exhibition" at Auckland’s Maritime Museum was something special.

"The Loss of the Endurance" A turning point in Shackleton's expedition where the focus shifts from exploration to sheer survival,

This post delves into the dramatic loss of the Endurance, capturing the terrifying moments when the ship was crushed by ice

Honouring Harry McNish: The Carpenter Who Saved Shackleton’s Crew - His Grave Wellington NZ

The Shackleton Music Project: Update on track 6 Wintering Over

Shackleton Music: Explore the new track "Trapped by the Ice," about Shackleton's crew battling the frozen Weddell Sea and becoming a winter

Track 5, 'Trapped by the Ice,' captures the gripping moment in January 1915 when Shackleton and his crew are immobilised in the Weddell Sea,

Shackleton Music: Breaking Through the Ice," a track capturing the excitement and challenges faced by Shackleton and his crew