Pole to Pole

Join Michael Palin on an extraordinary journey, as he travels from the North Pole to the South Pole in "Pole to Pole." In this travelogue, Palin takes readers through 17 different countries, from Greenland to Kenya and South Africa to Chile, in a span of five months. Witness the vast extremes of the frozen poles and scorching Africa, while also experiencing the social and political upheavals of the post-Berlin Wall era. Palin's shrewd observations are peppered with humor as he meets Santa Claus, Lenin, and goes camel shopping in Omdurman, concluding with a hectic dash to the South Pole via Chile. An exhausting, yet surreal, adventure!