In the early 1900s, British adventurer Ernest Shackleton (Kenneth Branagh) and his crew set sail aboard the Endurance in an attempt to reach the South Pole. Emily Shackleton: Phoebe Nicholls. Frank Wild: Lorcan Cranitch. Frank Hurley: Matt Day. Hubert Hudson: Shaun Dooley. Orde-Lees: Nicholas Rowe.