Laurence Topham's dramatic behind-the-scenes documentary charts the rescue of passengers who were stranded on the MV Akademik Shokalskiy, which became trapped in heavy ice off the coast of East Antarctica over Christmas 2013 and made headline news around the world. Passengers and scientists who were on the expedition describe their increasingly alarming predicament as icebergs threatened to collide with the stricken ship, and an international rescue mission was launched to try and save them from the coldest continent on Earth.