Race for the Poles - Cast

Race for the Poles (2000)
Documentary, History

Race for the Poles (2000)

Documentary, History

The history of the struggles by Robert Peary, Frederick Cook, Roald Amundsen, Robert Scott, and Ernest Shackleton to be the first men to reach the North and South Poles.

Director

SueAnn Fincke

Writer

Allison MacEwan (written by)

Composer

Garry Schyman

Cinematographer

Bryan Duggan

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Release date

Mar 21, 2000 (United States)

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Brett Stimely Frederick Albert Cook Frederick Albert Cook See fewer	Parkland (2013)
Roald Amundsen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Roald Amundsens Sydpolsferd (1910-1912) (1912)
Bob Bartlett Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Viking (1931)
Tor Bomann-Larsen Self Self See fewer	Vintertronen (2022)
Sheldon Shackleford Cook Self Self See fewer	Race for the Poles (2000)
Deborah Corday Kathleen Scott Kathleen Scott See fewer	Going Shopping (2005)
Michael M. Foley Robert E. Peary Robert E. Peary See fewer	Lionheart (1990)
Rich Hamilton Matthew Henson Matthew Henson See fewer	Branches (1970)
William Dennis Hunt Roald Amundsen Roald Amundsen See fewer	Flesh Gordon (1974)
Roland Huntford Self Self See fewer	The Last Place on Earth (1985)
Chris Juell Ernest Shackleton Ernest Shackleton See fewer	The Onion News Network (2011)
Vincent McLean Inuit Inuit See fewer	Sang Del Drac (2019)
Erika Nann Josephine Peary Josephine Peary See fewer	Night Rhythms (1992)
Fridtjof Nansen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hearst-Pathé News, No. 63 (1917)
Theodore Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Simple Gifts (1978)
Robert Falcon Scott Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Great White Silence (1922)
Ernest Shackleton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	South (1919)
Francis Spufford Self Self See fewer	The Worlds of Fantasy (2008)
Robert Peary Stafford Self - Peary's great grandson Self - Peary's great grandson See fewer	National Geographic: Beyond the Movie - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
Ron Thomas Robert Scott Robert Scott See fewer	Cobra Kai (2018)