Join the Poncet family as they board their 50foot schooner for a journey south into the icy and magnificent seas of Antarctica. While parents Sally and Jerome study penguin populations, the boys—ages five, eight, and ten—explore the amazing geography, wildlife, and history of this icy continent. Then, meet a climbing team and adventurers who brave fierce Antarctic conditions and attempt to reach the summit of one of the last largely unexplored mountain ranges on earth.