Vast, remote and otherworldly, Antarctica is the last uncharted territory on Earth and Michael Parfit is one of the few writers ever to have spent a full season there. He travelled by plane, icebreaker and research vessel to icy places both known and unknown and this account of his travels, describes those places and the people and animals he encountered. Michael Parfit is also the author of "The Boys Behind the Bombs" and "Last Stand at Rosebud Creek".