LAND OF MIST & FIRE
- Video
Exploring the Patagonia Ice Cap
At
the limit of the world lies the Patagonian Ice Cap - 9000 square miles
of giant glaciers and volcanic peaks scoured by storms that rush north
from Cape Horn and Antarctica.
Three
British mountaineers - Eric Jones, Mick Coffey and Leo Dickinson set
out to cross the barren wilderness on the borders of Chile and Argentina
- one of the least-explored places on earth.
The
obstacles are formidable and the team plan to parachute in just to reach
the frozen plateau. In the end the three men are forced to travel on
foot, hauling sledges with massive loads over the difficult terrain.
But a strange twist of fate finds another use for their parachutes.
Produced
by Leo Dickinson & HTV