Roald Amundsen actually aims to be the first to reach the North Pole, but Edward Peary claims the triumph in 1911. Secretly, Amundsen sails southward and races with Robert Scott through the Antarctic expanses. On December 11, he stands at the South Pole. Scott and his crew perish months later. Three years later, Ernest Shackleton attempts to be the first to cross the entire Antarctic continent but fails. With superhuman effort, the Brit manages to bring his team back. Although this marks the end of the era of the old polar explorers, vast areas of Antarctica remain free of any human footprints to this day. What is it like to travel to the planet's cold chambers a century later? How has the world changed there since then, and what transformations does the long-felt climate change bring? Martin Wein cautiously approaches the Great One on a journey of 4,000 kilometers through Patagonia.