The vessel is Infinity a 120foot handbuilt sailboat crewed by a band of miscreants The journey an 8000 mile Pacific crossing from New Zealand to Patagonia with a stop in Antarctica Unlike all the other boats heading to the Southern Ocean Infinity is no icereinforced superyacht crewed by professional sailors rather Infinity lives in the moment and sails on a whim What can be found in abundance on board is blood sweat enthusiasm risk tolerance disdain for authority and an ample supply of alcohol all in all a mad voyage of reckless adventure just for the sheer joy of it Along the way the crew will battle a hurricane of ice in the Ross Sea assist the radical environmental group Sea Shepherd in their fight with illegal whalers and tear every sail they have At the heart of their journey is a quest for awe and a sense of wonder with the raw power of the natural world