Host Lynn Elmhirst sails aboard the Scenic Eclipse to the bottom of the world, where zodiac landings take her to breeding colonies of several types of penguins. But it takes a helicopter tour off the ship to attempt a distant ice landing in search of the largest, rarest and most elusive penguins: Emperor penguins. She also encounters elephant seals, learns the secrets of ice from an expert - and drinks cocktails made with Antarctic glacier ice! And takes a South 'polar plunge' into icy Antarctic waters!