On 9th November 1992 Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr Michael Stroud set out from the Filchner Ice Shelf to attempt the first unassisted crossing of the Antarctic continent. It was to be a journey of epic proportions, lasting 97 days through which the two men fought pain, starvation and snowblindness. They dragged 500 pound sledges across the the ice, plunging into cavernous crevasses, struggling against bitter blizzards and racing against the onset of winter. Equipment failure and injury dogged them. They suffered gangrene, hypothermia and pressure sores. Friendship turned to tension, frustration and ultimately hatred. When they were finally airlifted out 'more dead than alive' they had completed by far the longest unsupported journey in Polar history...