This is the true story of an extraordinary journey that two men made for the fun of it. they rowed and sailed through pack ice, past glaciers and icebergs. They survived whales, polar bears, starvation and capsize. In doing so they completed the first circumnavigation of the Arctic island of Spitsburgen in an open rowing boat. Along the way theylearned about themselves and about life, and experienced a frozen wilderness that will most likely disappear before the century is out. This is a story for small boat sailors, for lovers of ice and snow, and for anybody who knows anybody who ever wanted to run away to sea.