ANTARCTICA IS NO PLACE FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED;

IT IS A PERILOUS ICY DESERT OF EXTREME COLD, HIDDEN CREVASSES AND UNRELENTING PHYSICAL HARDSHIP.

In a hundred years of polar exploration no-one had ever walked from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole and back without any support. Many had tried. None had succeeded. Until, on 26 January 2012, James Castrission (Cas) and Justin Jones (Jonesy) made history by completing the longest unsupported polar journey of all time.

Following in the footsteps of great polar explorers like Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton and Mawson, they battled frostbite, physical and mental breakdown, starvation, blizzards and crevasse falls. After eighty-nine gruelling days they made it back to the coast more dead than alive.

Like Robert F. Scott, a Norwegian had pushed them harder than they thought possible. But, unlike Scott, in a dramatic twist this Norwegian, Aleks Gamme, taught them lessons decades of adventure had not.

Extreme South is the inspiring story of two Australian adventurers who realised an almost impossible dream. With honesty and humour, James Castrission outlines their preparation, touches on the rich history of past explorers who inspired their efforts and takes us on their daring expedition, showing what can be achieved through hard work, tenacity and mateship.