Deep in the wild Southern Ocean, halfway between Australia and Africa, a snowy volcano, almost 3,000 meters high, rears up from the sea like a Great White Whale. Five times that Great White Whale of a mountain tried to kill the first team that attempted it. Yet back they sailed, through the worst seas in the world to try again, this time with the legendary Bill Tilman as the skipper. 

[Michael Dillon, Director]

It is little known even in Australia that Big Ben on Heard Island is Australia's highest mountain. And few know of the brave attempts to climb it.​