Watch Into The Teeth Of The Blizzard

In January 1999 three men flew out of Antarctica after completing an arduous 84 day trek on foot across one of the longest, most difficult routes to the South Pole. For the renowned adventurers, Peter Hillary, Eric Philips and Jon Muir, it was the culmination of decades of dreaming and years of planning  a journey that echoed the courage and endurance of a handful of polar explorers who had matched their strength against some of the world's toughest terrain.

Yet the expedition's conclusion yielded a mix of celebration and regret. For while the men had pioneered a new overland route to the pole, overcome immense physical and psychological hurdles and battled through climatic extremes, they were unable to achieve the ambitious vision that they had set out to accomplish  to reach the South Pole and make the return journey, without outside assistance.