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Duration
60 minutes
Series Info
Season 4 Episode 10 of 10

Quick Summary

The lost legacy of the Donner Party

About This Program

The lost legacy of the Donner Party, a group of nearly 90 emigrants who left Illinois in the spring of 1846, heading westward to California in covered wagons. Delayed by a multitude of mishaps, they spent the next winter snowbound in the Sierra Nevada, with some resortinf to cannibalism to survive

Secrets in the Ice broadcasts on Sky History 2 HD at 5:00pm, Friday, 2 January 2026. (Subtitles)

Channel Numbers:
Virgin186

Production Details

Runtime60 mins