Nik and Dusty arrive in Antarctica aboard the Russian research ship Akademik Ioffe. After a stop at a Ukrainian weather outpost to sample homemade Antarctic vodka, Nik and Dusty encounter skyscraper-sized icebergs, fearsome leopard seals and thriving penguin colonies. But bad weather and a painful accident on the ice threaten to derail their hopes of actually setting foot on the White Continent.