Host Lynn Elmhirst sails aboard Scenic Eclipse to the bottom of the world, and tours by zodiac to breeding colonies of several types of penguins. But it takes a helicopter tour off the ship to attempt a distant ice landing in search of the largest, rarest and most elusive penguins: Emperor penguins.
She also encounters elephant seals, learns the secrets of ice from an expert – and drinks cocktails made with Antarctic glacier ice! And takes a South ‘polar plunge’ into icy Antarctic waters!