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Em 1910 a Expedição Britânica - Antárctica, comandada pelo Capitão Robert F. Scott, embarca de Lyttelton, Nova Zelândia, na missão de se tornarem os primeiros a alcançar o Polo Sul.
Outside the huts of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12 stand the smiling figures of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and Dr Edward Wilson. Wilson is holding 'Nobby', one of the Siberian ponies accompanying the Expedition to serve as pack animals for the assault on the South Pole.
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Shackleton and Scott were men with a common goal - the South Pole. However, divisions between them grew as jealousy and intrigue intensified their rivalry. This intriguing documentary draws upon a collection of historical knowledge to investigate the social setting and psychology of these men who dramatically, and fatally, pushed the limits of human endurance.