In March 2011, polar explorer Ben Saunders sets off alone across the Arctic ice, attempting to reach the Geographic North Pole solo and unsupported while chasing the record for the fastest such crossing. The film follows him hauling his own sled through subzero temperatures and shifting ice floes, with no resupply drops and no team to share the load. Footage from the ice captures the physical toll of dragging hundreds of pounds of gear across broken terrain, navigating open leads of water, and managing the psychological strain of total isolation. Saunders narrates his own condition as the days wear on, tracking mileage against the clock he set for himself and the risks of frostbite, thin ice, and dwindling supplies. The film stays close to the daily grind of solo polar travel rather than dramatizing it, letting the setting and the numbers, distance covered, calories burned, temperature readings, carry the tension. It is a record of one man's attempt to do something few have managed unsupported.