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(slow tense music)

(soft footsteps)

(crushing sounds)

(people talking)

(slow tense music continues)

- Everybody questions
when you do something

that nobody else are doing.

Nobody questions when you're doing

what everybody else are doing.

I believe the ordinary can
achieve the extraordinary.

(voice echoes) To prove this,

I'm doing something that
has never been done before.

(speaking in foreign language)

(whoops)

- [Grethe] One.

- [Young Anders] One.

- [Grethe] Two.

- [Young Anders] Two.

- [Grethe] Three.

- [Young Anders] Three.

- [Grethe] Big brother.

- Big broth-ee.

(muted bang)
(wind blowing)

(voice on radio speaking)

(wind blowing hard)

(somber ambient music)

(voice on radio speaking faintly)

- [Voice On Radio] Wind
(signal crackles)

kilometers an hour.

(cart clanging on jetty)

(luggage thuds)
(Anders grunts)

(all laugh)

- [Camera Person] Oh, how'd we do that?

- Oh, that was close. (laughs)

- Good save. Oh my.

- [Camera Person] Holy shit.

(group chattering softly)

- So you have warm tea by your bed.
- Yeah, true.

(group continues chattering)

- [Anders] Thinking ahead.

- [Camera Person] Always
thinking, always thinking,

aren't you?

- I'm packing up in my
tiny bedroom. This is mine.

And this is Anthon's.

- [Camera Person] Yeah,
that's Herman and Nicklas.

- [Camera Person] What do
you feel about it, Anthon?

- Let's see. (chuckles)

- When we get to the Drake Passage,

it's just a big unknown awaiting.

- It's very heavy. That's 60 days of food,

so I've just been measuring
out 60 portions of porridge,

60 portions of milk.

(people speaking in foreign language)

- Come back. Would you guys go forward?

- Let's go.

- Righto, sand drain.

- Good, safe travels. I
hope your engine is good.

- [Anders] And we are off.

Day one, (laughs)

of 33.

(boat horn blows)

You ready, Jan?

It's the last time we're gonna
see land for a long time.

(both chuckle)

(boat horn blows)

- [Cath] We'll see you down there.

(voicemail playing on the phone)

- I'll return to you as
soon as possible. (chuckles)

(voicemail in foreign language)
Hey, Dad. It's Anders.
I just wanted to say

that we've sailed off from Ushuaia
and I'm steering the Icebird.

So thank you for all your support
and help the past weeks.

I really appreciate it.
We've assembled a fantastic team.

Now it's all about arriving safely
and completing the Iceman.

Love you, love you all.
Mom, Amalie, and you.

Anthon says hi.

- It's voicemail.
- Okay. Hi, Dad.

See you on the other side.

I'm not sure how long
we'll have a connection. Bye!

(voicemail beeps)

- [Interviewer] What's your
first memory of Anders?

- I actually don't know
what the first memory,

I just have this

image of him with a cap.

So when he was young,
he wore a lot of caps.

(gentle music)

As a child, he was the happiest
boy you can imagine.

From infancy until he was seven
or six years old, he always whistled.

(young Anders laughs)

- Anders as a child was very bubbly,

very playful.

Before he started school,
he always wore a cap.

(children chattering)

He used to run around
and was always happy.

But he was robbed of that
when he started school

because his kindergarten teacher
took his cap off.

That was like
taking away his identity.

But people did that back then,

and then his identity
sort of disappeared.

(children chattering)

(low ringing)

(somber music)

- I think in his early days

he just,

I think he had some anger.

- Something happened around
when we became teenagers,

I felt like Anders was kinda
distancing himself from me

and I didn't really know why.

I remember I was just like,

I felt very excluded from his life.

He didn't really want to communicate,

he didn't really say anything.

I didn't know if he were like

ever gonna get that close again.

And if this was just how it's gonna be.

Something was holding him back,
because...

Well, I'm not sure what it was.

As a parent, you also say what's right
or wrong, which isn't always correct.

But you did it
with the best intentions

based on your situation at the time
and experiences as a parent.

But as to what held him back...

I don't know.

(somber music)

(speaking in foreign language off camera)

(spectators applauding)

(train chugs)

- My brother was working
as a management consultant

and from the outside,

at least I believe, well that's,

it seems that that's what he wanna do.

But I can see now that

he was conforming and not flourishing.

(projector slides click)

- He had just followed
this path for so long

in terms of what the
society wants him to do

and maybe what his family
thought he should be doing.

And in the family, we always knew

that Anders was the kind of person

that has to work for himself.

- [Commentator] He has to
be the man that could...

Well, I think it's gonna
be very interesting.

I think there's no doubt about this area

Timekeeping will be very, very important.

(phone message tone chimes)

Players already having to report

at specific times to training.

(dramatic somber music)

(people cheering in foreign language)

(keyboard clacks)

(keyboard clacks)

(people cheering)

(keyboard clacks)

(dramatic music continues)

- Check this out.

My next guest just
accomplished a tremendous feat.

- 50 Iron Man triathlons
in 50 states in 50 days.

Sounds impossible, right?

Not for the man they call the Iron Cowboy.

(keyboard clacks)

(mouse clicks)

(dramatic music continues)

(keyboard clacks)

(mouse clicks)

(mouse clicks)

(wind blows low)

(dramatic music continues)

(keyboard clacks)

(dramatic music builds)

(music fades)
(mouse clicks)

- [Interviewer] Why do you think

nobody has ever done an
Ironman in Antarctica?

(James chuckles)

- Yeah.

- [Camera Person] This is day zero.

We could almost call it...

- Ground, yeah, day zero.

- [Camera Person] We got
support from Mr. Anthon,

- [Anders] From bro.

- [Camera Person] The brother.

- In the middle of the winter,

he wanted to go in ice
water and try to swim.

I was like, "I'm going. I
want to see that." (chuckles)

- [Camera Person] There we go.

(water splashes)

One in.

- [Anthon] In my mind, I was
not saying you cannot do that.

There was a small part
of me saying, you know,

"Yeah, you could pull this off."

At this time I had had some experience

with being in cold water in the military.

(both gasp)

- [Camera Person] 30 Seconds, 30 seconds.

Come on, come on.

(grunts)

35.

- [Anthon] But what I kind
of pushed him was then show.

- Oh.
(camera person chuckles)

- Finally, can you, can
you be in ice water?

Can you show improvements and can you show

that you're actually moving towards that?

- Breathe. Breathe motherfucker. (laughs)

- So it's day two of the
seven day ice swim challenge.

My entire body is trying to tell me not,

not to do this right now.

(water splashing)

(Anders gasps)

- [Camera Person] More than a minute.

(Anders yells)

- One, two, three.

(water splashing)

(water splashing)

(Anders shivering)
- It feels really cold today.

(water splashing)

Day seven of the iceman challenge,

and yesterday was a tough one.

And today I'm trying to push it further.

(Anders claps and whoops)

(water splashing)

- [Camera Person] Christ!

(Anders breathing hard)

(Anders shivering)

Take it easy.

Easy, easy.

Be careful not to fall.

(Anders shivering, breathing hard)

- Oh.

Fucking cold.

So,

day seven is over.

It's difficult to hold the camera steady.

11 minutes and five seconds.

- Well done, Anders!
- Thanks.

You're fucking badass, man!

- I don't think I knew where I was going

until this moment in the gym

where a chairman of a company
that I'd been working in

told me that I couldn't swim
four kilometers in ice water.

For me, when I look back,
that was the trigger point

of realizing

that people will tell you
what you can or cannot do

without having the foundation
of knowing what is possible.

The people who didn't think

I could become a football player,

they hadn't been football
players themselves,

they hadn't gone through that journey.

The people who told me that I,

it was too risky to start my
own business in my early 20s,

they hadn't started businesses themselves.

And I think that was just
a realization saying,

"You know what?

People have no idea what
they're talking about."

They have their perspective
on what you know,

what is realistic, what is possible.

And without thinking about
it, they place that upon you.

And then you have to sort of accept it

as the truth or reality,
which is not the case.

It's just their perspective
on life and what is possible.

The thing is, it was
a natural thing to say

and obviously he didn't think about it.

And that's the whole point of it,

that often we don't think

about what we are actually
telling other people.

But that has an impact.

You know, it's like the math teacher

telling a kid who's 12 years old

that you're not good at math.

The kid's gonna live his
entire life believing that.

Right? And that's the whole point.

Being aware of what you tell other people,

especially kids, because
they're gonna accept that

for the rest of their lives
even though it's not true.

That's what pisses me off
and that's what made me say,

"You know what?

I hate the freaking cold,
but I gotta do this."

I believe the ordinary can
achieve the extraordinary.

To prove this,

I'm doing something that
has never been done before,

completing what I call an Iceman.

I'm gonna swim 3.8
kilometers in ice water,

bike 180 kilometers,

and run a marathon on Antarctica.

People tell me it's impossible,

but I want to show you

the limitations are
really only perceptions

as to what we can achieve.

My name is Anders and I promise you,

you won't regret following
this crazy journey.

(waves gush)

(gentle tense music)

There were 10 spots on
the expedition team.

One was for myself,

two for polar guides
in charge of everything

on glacier and setting things up.

And then two for the
skippers sailing the boat,

four videographers to
document the journey.

Then there was one spot
left, and the question was

whether I should bring
a doctor, or my brother.

- I was doubting him,
I was doubting myself,

I was doubting the team.

Didn't seem like a super
good idea for a team

with very little glacier experience

to go on a continent that's pretty much

just one big glacier.

(gentle tense music)

- Anders sent me a document
from Phil, our exhibition guide,

that I needed to sign out.

It was basically Phil wondering

about our previous expedition experiences.

And I remember reading
through the doc maybe like,

"Oh, I don't have this.

I could maybe have some of this,"

but it was basically just blank.

- It was fucking terrifying
knowing that, you know,

the closest hospital was
on another continent,

and the closest rescue
wasn't a helicopter away,

it was a military plane.

Traveling up this once.

Yeah.

And for the team
that will be safe enough?

That is a big concern.

It's a very big concern.

I know there is a big hole there.

There's a reason I know
there's a big hole there

because I pulled someone out
of that big hole there.

It's okay, we can always
get another brother for you.

(Phil laughs)

Don't record that.

Don't tell him I said that, okay.

(both chuckle)

The two biggest dangers
for inexperienced people,

number one falling in a crevasse.

If you fall in a crevasse without a rope,

there's a very high chance
you are not coming back.

Then there's the weather.

If the weather closes in,
as it does so very quickly,

you can easily become
lost, become hypothermic.

So we're talking about
things that will kill you.

(dramatic music)

(waves crash against boat)

(equipments clang)

(Anders retching)

(waves crashing softly)

(upbeat music)

- [Camera Person] We have the barrel here.

- [Anders] And it is. (laughs)

(ice sloshes in water)

- [Camera Person] Three, two, one. Go.

Get in there.

Oh.

- He told this idea,

and I was like,

"Oh this sounds interesting."

But you know, it was
still just talking. Right?

And then suddenly he starts
taking things serious.

(slapping)

- Hi guys, welcome to the
first vlog of Project Iceman.

And then I realized,

"Okay, you know this, this could be fun.

Have you thought about this?
Have you thought about that?

How are you gonna brand
this? What's your goal?"

Like it was just my curiosity, you know,

asking these questions
on a Saturday afternoon.

- It will take approximately five days

to get just to Antarctica?

Cath: Well from Ushuaia, yeah.

Eric: I think if you want
to do this properly,

you want to be running and
cycling on snow, correct?

- Exactly. Exactly.

Yeah, this is gonna be good.

- And then I started actually helping him,

like seeing this is fun.

Now we need to pitch,

we need to fundraise, we need to brand,

we need to actually go
out with this message.

(dramatic music builds)

- I've done some stuff in this sport.

And when I first heard that
he was attempting this,

I gotta be honest bro, it was
like, that ain't happening.

Like just, okay, dude's done
one full distance triathlon,

zero credibility, he's got no resume.

And so now you're gonna add in
the element of freezing cold

and you're gonna add in
incredible amounts of fatigue.

That's a recipe for disaster.

(engines humming)

- Obviously, there's a lot of struggles

of training in Denmark

and trying to prepare for
doing an Iceman in Antarctica.

(feet landing on treadmill)

Like you don't really have any chance

of getting into super cold water,

or biking in snow or on
ice, anything like that.

So Anders was constantly forced

to go to extreme places to try and train.

(water crashing on shore)

- Shit.

(water crashing on shore)

Oh my gosh.

- [Anthon] It's beautiful.

- [Anders] It's quite terrifying.

- [Camera Person] Okay,
so you're ready now.

- Yes I am.
- [Nicklas] You're

in your wetsuit.

This is perhaps the biggest
challenge of the Iceman,

swimming in the cold water.
How long are you gonna swim?

- We'll see.

- [Nicklas] We'll see.

No goal?

- No.
- [Nicklas] Okay.

- I remember himself being
quite concerned before going in,

'cause we were standing
on the rocks looking out

and you see chunks of
ice, and a lot of current,

and it was quite a new experience for him.

He just barely touched the
water before going out.

He was in there for
probably half a minute.

- It's fucking cold. I'm done.
- You're done? All right.

It's easy for you to say, but you
don't realize how fucking cold it is!

- It was just a wake up call.

- If there was,

if I had done it with a
boat or there was a beach,

like where we did the first test,

that would've been better.

I mean, if I go down 30 meters,
50 meters out, that's...

- [Interviewer] Did you ever consider

doing it in Antarctica?

- For years I toyed with the idea.

I put a team together,

I just couldn't figure
out the water side of it.

Trying to figure out how to safely swim,

not only with the wildlife
but with the temperatures.

You're at such a high risk of hypothermia,

like those are some big dice to roll.

(waves crashing)

(gentle suspenseful music)

- It's just really annoying
that it's so cold for my face,

getting under and can't
cut, I mean, (sniffs)

right now I can't,

can't manage to breathe.

- [Speaker Off Screen] Okay.

- To keep, you really,

I really just want to
get my head under water

and start swimming properly.

But I can only do it
for like five seconds,

10 seconds maybe.

- [Speaker Off Screen]
Because of headache.

- Ah, it's

fucking annoying.

(gentle suspenseful music)

- You need something like that.
- Yeah.

- [Anders] So the plan is go a bit out

and then go down,

and then swim back and forth a few times,

and try to get through the 500 mark.

(gentle suspenseful music)

(Anders whoops)

(gentle suspenseful music)

(water splashing gently)

How long can you keep going?

What?

Can you keep going?

- I'm halfway there.
- Okay. You got this!

(Anders whoops)

- [Speaker Off Camera]
Great fucking success.

- Ah.

- He was obviously really, really happy

with his achievement.

500 meters is still something
in those conditions,

but he's still far away
from four kilometers.

- Hi "Yes Theory", I'm Anders,

I'm 28 years old from Denmark,

where I'm right now in my
apartment in Copenhagen,

where since I woke up this morning,

I've been planning the "Yes
Theory Seek Discomfort"

master marketing campaign.

Looking forward to see what you say.

Cheers.

Looking forward to hear
what you think. Cheers.

(calm tense music)

Today, I felt a

ultimate physical low

in terms of energy

being on top of things, feeling well.

For the past few weeks,

I haven't really had a sort
of new next physical goal

except for the trip coming up in a month.

The focus has been on more the
business side of the project.

(sighs)

I dunno what the fuck I'm doing here.

- [Interviewer] Did your
brother have a childhood dream?

- Yes. I believe that
dream was and still is

to be a professional football player.

Anders just finished the game.

Are you done, Anders?

- My brother was later
developed than his peers,

which you know, directly, you
know, when you're a young kid

affects your physical performance.

- Everything he talked
about back then was football

and he wanted to play for
Haforia, which is great league.

And he really wanted that
and his friends were doing it

and he was envying that
they were allowed to do it.

But someone told him that he couldn't,

"You can't do this."

He played football
and really cared about football.

(birds chirping)

And struggled with it.

He often talks about how others
didn't believe he'd succeed in football.

As a parent, that was hard to see

because he wanted it so bad,
but nobody really saw him.

He'd be on a football trip
where he had this coach.

They went far away from home,
but he didn't get to play one minute.

That doesn't really encourage
your motivation

yet he didn't want to give up.
He's not a quitter.

Can you play more?

(gentle tense music)

- So tomorrow it's gonna
be quite a lot of wind

and most likely current in
here where you're gonna swim.

So this is too dangerous.

And it's also the hypothermia

that normally will come
in about 15 minutes.

So the main concern is
gonna be his safety.

And if anything happens
we just drop the cameras,

and we bring him to the shore.

- So Anders, he hooked me
up on this Svalbard trip

and he asked me to come and join him

because he wanted to do a
half iceman in Svalbard.

And Anders assembled the team.

And we went up there,

super naive about what was gonna happen.

And it turned out to be a
proper, proper, proper struggle.

(water splashing)

(tense music)

- You're fucking great.
- Fingers are fucking cold.

- [Nicklas] You had a good pace.

- Where did I drop my mask?

- [Nicklas] The mask is there.

- He's been shaking and
showing signs of hypothermia

for the whole time he's been changing.

So we are looking quite closely at him.

(slow tense music)

- [Anders] I had never been
riding a bike in snow before,

so just riding through
the snow and Svalbard,

realizing how tough it was

and starting to fall over and over again.

- Yeah!

(cheering in foreign language)

- And, you know, not only
finishing the bike leg,

but then having to, you know,

run a half marathon afterwards.

And I couldn't really
imagine finishing that.

That was sort of where
I realized the challenge

that I was facing.

- We went on for hours and hours

and also way longer
than we were expecting,

and he pushed himself to the limit.

And to me that was just
another doubting moment

on this journey because he
obviously had to double that

once we reached Antarctica.

(tense music continues)

(music fades)

(wind blowing)

(gentle serene music)

ChiIean Antarctic Base: I believe
you are bringing someone

to do an activity here
at Base O'Higgins.

- Much bigger wall than I had anticipated.

Is it a triathlete?

- This is not a bad ramp here.
- Yeah.

The question will be
what are the crevasses like.

- Yeah.

It's all an unknown.

- Yeah.

Wow.

(somber music)

It looks like
there's a lot of penguins.

like in front of the piers.

Penguins means leopard seals.

(gentle suspenseful music)

(water gushing)

- Two years, man.

(laughs) It's fucking happening.

(Anders whoops)

(Anders sighs aloud)

(Anders laughs)

- We're here.

- [Speaker Off Camera] Yes.

- You fucking did it.

- It's fucking insane, bro.

Jan, the man.

(Anders laughs)

Ah, yeah. Yeah.

I mean, what...(laughs)

You ready?

- I don't know.

- It's insane man.

- It's absolutely insane.

I mean,

(wind blowing)

what we have done before up until now,

is nothing compared to what this will be.

(pensive music)

(team chattering)

- [Anders] But otherwise...

- It's interesting though,

I find often on these trips
that the fittest

most hard core dudes are the ones,
who cope seasickness the worst.

- Yeah, you told me that. So that was...

- Yeah, I don't know why I'm.

I'm always really seasick.

(team laughs)

- Okay, so our plan for
tomorrow is make it to shore.

Kiss the ground. 'Cause
you actually, (laughs)

- [Anders] Yeah, I made it.

- You've actually finished
with the sea passage.

- And what are we doing, some
practicing tomorrow as well?

- I think we should.

- Yeah.

We will.

(everyone laughs)

We will, we will.

- I think high on the priority
is learning how not to die.

- Yeah.
- That's pretty high up there.

- That's a good idea.
- High on the list.

- That's goal number one.

- Yeah.

- Come back safe.

- This time.

- I'm a big boy.

(team chatters)

(waves crashing)

(birds chirping)

(Cath sighs)

- Yeah. Phil.

- [Anders] Phil.

- Phil.
- [Anders] Phil.

- Hmm. Okay.

- [Cath] Doesn't allow landings
at all. That's ridiculous.

- For consideration. I
mean, for consideration.

So it's early next week. It's
not for a decision early.

- So number one.

- It's going to be put forward
for a decision to be made.

It's not.

- So we're gonna talk that experience,

maybe send them a copy
of your certificates,

first responder.

- All the experiences

like over 700 days skiing in Antarctica.

Almost 150 different mountains climbed.

So in the meantime, as the email says,

we are not authorized to
conduct the project here.

So do we say that the
project is now on hold,

project Iceman is on hold,
until we get confirmation

from the Australian Antarctic
division that we can continue?

- [Cath] Yeah.

- I think I feel this
in terms of the morale,

I feel like this has been
the essence of the project.

That it's supposed to be difficult.

I mean even, even five, five
freaking meters from the shore.

And I don't wanna postpone it anymore.

I mean, we've sailed across the Drake.

I've been puking for, you know, two days,

and I'm not in control of, you know,

when you do a regular event
or triathlon or whatever,

you know the date, you know
the time, you know everything.

Here I have nothing, zero clues.

I don't even know, I mean,

I don't know where I'm gonna swim.

I don't know where I'm gonna bike.

I don't know the conditions.

I don't know where I'm gonna run.

I don't know what the
weather's gonna be like.

I don't know how cold it's gonna be.

I have zero clues,

and I have to do it within
10 days probably. Right?

And I've spent,

I mean I've invested
everything I have to be here.

I have nothing left.

(gentle music)

I mean, when I first thought of the idea,

I just no way expected it
would be this challenging

besides sort of the physical challenge.

I had no money to pay anyone else.

So I had to be in charge of everything,

both the training but also
the logistics, funding,

the financial side of
things, the legal stuff,

the social media.

If you have any questions,
put them in the comments.

Otherwise follow and subscribe.

I cut down my financials completely.

I lived up my, you know,

I lived in my own living
room on the couch.

Back to reality.

Lucky there's something called Airbnb,

so I can cover my expenses.

So I'm cleaning this shit up.

Everything just went into this project.

The first deposit for this trip,

I paid all the money that I had.

And it was nonrefundable.

In order to get the
financials from sponsors

you need sort of awareness.

I was not, you know,
a public known person,

just a random guy with this crazy idea.

I was just a nobody.

Haven't found a partner yet that really

believes just as much in it.

And obviously, you know, (chuckles)

why would they?

(sighs)

And the fact that I'm
sitting here doing this

feels, kind of,

feels kind of pathetic
sitting in the morning

complaining about my life.

Another thing is also to fucking remember

why I'm doing this.

And that is

to prove,

to do this,

and to show that limitations
are only fucking perceptions.

(pensive music)

- It would be so much easier

to know that finances are taken care of,

and you know, I've got X amount of dollars

to pay for a team, and
nutrition, and nutritionist.

(exercise bike whirs)

You're trying to figure out

just physically how to do this mentally,

and then you throw on
top of it financially.

I've been doing this for over a decade,

and when I first started
going on this journey,

I was like, "Oh, I'm gonna
break a world record.

I'm gonna go get financing,

I'm gonna get backed by
big corporate sponsors."

Corporate sponsors would say,

"We can't afford to associate
ourselves with a failure."

And I was like, "I haven't,
I haven't failed yet."

But they're like, "But
you're going to fail."

- All right. Thanks anyways.
- Sorry I couldn't help.

- It's okay.
- Have a nice day.

- I knew I was running out of time

in terms of getting sponsorships

to make the expedition happen.

So I had to figure out, you
know, what else can I do?

(pensive music)

I did what everybody advised me not to do.

I borrowed a hundred thousand dollars.

My father thought, you know,

I was completely out of my mind.

For me, I think at the time

I was just looking at doing
whatever it would take

in order to make the expedition happen

so I could give myself

the chance of actually doing the Iceman.

(soft knocking on door)

(door creaks open)

- No way!

(friend clapping)

Are you kidding me!

Yes Theory!

- [Anthon] No.

- [Ammar] I know it was
supposed to be a phone call.

- Oh my god, I...

So great to meet you guys!

Oh my God.

Let's go upstairs.

- [Ammar] This is the operation room.

- This is the operation room man.

This is where it all started.

- Dude, I've seen a bunch of your videos.

So this is where it happens.

- [Anders] This is where it happens.

- [Matt] You know, I love that.

- I'm happy to hear that.

People make fun of my accent
when I speak in English.

- [Matt] Oh no, dude.

- Actually I didn't meet you. Anders.

- Nice to meet you. Herman.

I'm from Norway actually.

- [Anders] Nice to meet you.

- So, let's sit down.

I'll give you the recap of
what's happening right now.

You told me about your mission,

about where you're up to, and
everybody was just so down

to figure out a way to support you.

And support the mission that you're on.

- And you mentioned the
loan that you've gotten.

- [Anders] Yeah.

- Which is like the dedication.

- [Anders] Yeah.
- Just blew us away.

- That was not really the plan
from the beginning at all.

I didn't think it was
gonna be so difficult

to get sponsorships and all this.

But banks said, you
know, "Forget about it."

They told me that a long time ago.

I started reaching out to,
yeah, friends, and network

and then I actually made investment deals.

So I actually give them a return of 20%.

- [Matt] Wow.
- [Ammar] Wow.

- To actually show, not only
so they are helping me out.

But, so it's actually a
good investment for them.

But I just wanted to show that you know,

how much I actually
believe that I, you know,

I can make this happen.

- Throughout the years

I've seen so many people go
after big audacious goals

and some people just
do it out of, you know,

the show of saying that
they're doing this crazy thing.

But very few actually
end up following through.

So the thing that was
different about Anders

is that he had already
made the bet on himself.

We also believe that you
can make this happen.

- [Anders] I really appreciate it man.

- We came with a request.

- Yeah?
- It would be an honor for us,

for you to be the first ever

Seek Discomfort-sponsored human.

And, we're not...

- You're kidding me, right?

- No, we're not.

There was just something about
the quality of his spirit

and the way he spoke from his heart.

- I think the most difficult thing in life

is that, you know, the belief
has to start within yourself.

Telling yourself that it is, you know,

"It is possible. And I will do this."

And eventually when you do
this over and over, you know,

we start believing it ourselves.

And when you start believing in yourself,

ironically other people believe,

start believing in you as well.

- Right.

- I mean, I still can't believe it. Crazy.

(audience applauds)

- There is nothing that we
love doing at Yes Theory more

than supporting dreams and dreamers.

We would like to offer Anders Hofman,

a check for a hundred
thousand Danish Krone.

(audience cheers and applauds)

- [Interviewer] Can you
talk to us a little bit

about the responsibility that you felt

when they all set sail to Antarctica?

- Oh yeah. That kept me up at night.

(wind blowing)
(water sloshing)

- [Anders] Oh, there's another one.

- There have been attacks
and sadly fatalities

from leopard seal attacks on humans.

(leopard seal snorts and grunts)

Something swimming in its environment

with say a black wetsuit
looks very much like a seal,

except seals swim very well.

So human swimming would
look like an injured seal.

And that, of course, is easy prey.

- [Team Member 1] There's two of them.

- Two of them?
- [Team Member 1] Yeah,

there's one over there
in the front back here.

- Oh.

- [Team Member 1] We can't really see it.

- That means

- [Oli] The word's out.

- That means that's, that's, that's five.

- [Oli] The word's out.

- Right?

- [Team Member 1] You said the word's out.

- Was that the, the first one we saw,

was that the one that went...

Oh,

(laughing nervously)

- [Team Member 1] Yo, that's freaky bro.

- [Team Member 2] Go back.

- Hey, so bro, just
wanna say that, you know,

I'm not gonna do anything.

I'm just gonna have a little swim here.

I hope that's okay with you.

You over there as well.

I feel like, you know, when we arrive

we're talking about it and
then just like 50 meters

from where we've anchored and
just like five leopard seals.

(leopard seal snorts)

(calm music playing in the background)

♪ I wish I never saw the sunshine ♪

- Woohoo. It's approved. (laughs)

There you go.

That's amazing that they did
it that fast, to be honest.

- [Anders] What are you saying?

(Cath and Anders laugh)

That the delegate has approved

your authorization variation
request. (chuckles)

- Let's go!

- Oh.

- Yeah I'll take charge of that.

I'm impressed they did it so fast.

Like that's pretty awesome
for a government department

to move that quickly. Yeah.

- Oh my god.
- That's really good news.

- Yeah.

(wind blowing)
(waves crashing)

- So what this is suggesting is our window

is here between 9:00 PM Saturday night.

I'm not fussed about the light snowfall.

We wanna be finished by Sunday 1800.

- How long you expect it to last

with the current conditions up there?

Because we have a good window of 24 hours.

But I agree with Phil

to start basically the
earliest we can on Saturday,

because that will leave 24 hours.

- Yeah. And then I have 36 hours.

- Yeah, 36 hours.

- [Cath] Yeah.

- [Anthon] And that's when
you, that's when you...

- So the route starts four
kilometers along the coast

in front of the ice cliffs,

and the swimming route will
be accompanied by two boats

until Anders reaches the shore
in front of the glacial ramp.

The route then goes up the glacial ramp

where we've marked a safe
route around the crevasses

for about five kilometers
to reach the main circuit.

And the main circuit
is two kilometers long

in the middle of the glacier,

in an area that is free of crevasses.

And we've placed two camps,
each one, a kilometer apart.

And from those camps we
have two people in each tent

that provide safety cover
and pacing for Anders

during the project.

(somber music)

(somber music continues)

(water lapping)

(somber music continues)

- [Oli] How many hours of energy is the...

- 36 hours.

It should be.
- Yeah.

It should be enough.

- Mm hm.

- Should be enough.

(horn blowing low)

- [Anders] Oh cold day.

Can I help you with something?

(Phil shivering)

Can I help you Phil with something?

- No, I just need to,

I think I need to get a wet shower.

- [Anders] Yes. Should I
go make it ready for you?

- [Anthon] Bring him some sugar.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

There you go.

Just chuck that.

- That's gross.

- Yeah. (chuckles)

But it'll help.

It'll help you.

It's gonna be cold.

- Cold for my feet.

You want any help?

It's all right, can I just
put these on the dryer?

'Cause I need my boots.

- [Anthon] I'll have some
hot water soon for you.

(equipment clanging)

- Good night.

- [Anthon] Good night.

Sleep tight.

See you tomorrow.

- See you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow Jan.

- [Jan] See you tomorrow.

(Anders exhales)

(wind blows)

(boat creaking)

Play the games.

There are not gonna be any left.

- There are not gonna be any
left, I like that mentality.

It's nice living in a dream world.

(low rumbling)

(Anders exhales)

(wind blowing)

(Oli claps)

- Conditions are perfect.

(team claps)

- [Anders] We all live in our
own perception of the world.

Right?

And that's influenced by everyone.

It's influenced by ourselves,

our friends and family, our society.

(Zodiacs hum softly)

And that become the
construct of our world,

and sort of the box that we live in.

(pensive music)

We accept that story.

But I think the dangerous
thing is when you follow

the experiences and
advice from other people.

In this world, people have opinions

about anything and everyone.

- So I only see two major reasons

why we're gonna have to stop this,

fatigue, exhaustion, and cold.

I'll monitor that and that's
my role to make that call.

The other one is seals,

wildlife problems.

Anders has a bloody loud whistle,

and I think we all agreed
that if we see a seal,

we put a time out.

- [Anders] Yeah.

- [Speaker Off Camera]
Yeah Put him out the water.

- [Anders] Because when you
listen to people around you,

especially when you're young, you know,

you think that comes from somewhere right?

And they must have a point.

- [Team Member] You got it.

(team cheering)

- [Anders] You don't make
those reflective thoughts

and are critical towards that input.

There's only one person who
can find out where my limit is.

(Anders splashes in the water)

(team cheering)

(boat engine chugs)

(soft humming)

(tense brooding music)

(water splashing)

(tense music)

(water lapping)
(wind blowing)

(water splashing)

(boat engine whirs)

(whistle blows)

(tense music)

(water gurgling)

(whistle blows)

- Anders, got some big ice here.

- All right.

- Just got two big bits of big ice.

Well done, Anders.
We're almost there.

(Anders coughing)

(gentle suspenseful music)

- [Team Member] Fuckin' hell.

(water lapping)

(waves crashing)

- Oh,

my feet are frozen.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh. I can't feel my feet.

Oh.

Oh,

I can't believe I fucking did that.

(equipment clanging)

(Anders breathing heavily)

I forgot a towel.

(wetsuit gloves squelching)

(Anders breathing shakily)

(Anders continues breathing shakily)

(pensive music)

- Yeah.

(Phil laughs)

- Nice.

No looking.

It's okay. He's wearing shorts.

- I fucking swam four kilometers.

I went in fucking ice water.

- [Voice Over The Radio] Let Anders know

that the conditions are
firm and very good. Over.

(Anders breathing shakily)

Cramp, cramp, cramp...

Oh.

(Anders exhales)

Oh, cramp!

- [Voice Over The Radio]
He's walking the bike up

to the start point now.

- Hurt my back.

(feet squelching snow)

Oh.

Oh.

(wind blowing)

(Anders inhales sharply)

(Anders exhales)

- [Voice Over Radio] He's
reached the starting point.

He's about to take off now.

And we're off.

(gentle suspenseful music)

(radio crackling)

(radio chatter)

(gentle suspenseful music)

- Anders was up the glacier.

I was high fiving people on the boat,

and we had really planned

for having this weather window of 36 hours

and I was like, conditions
are looking good.

(low wind blowing)

(Anders sniffs)
- First lap,

four kilometers,

one hour 20 minutes.

I have 43 left to go.

(Anders exhales)

I've already given up
on counting my falls.

One thing is for sure I'm
never gonna swim that again.

So I need to do this.

(snow squelching)

Whatever it's gonna take.

(snow squelching)

I'm carrying enough shit.

The only place I can drive
is where you've been skiing

or walking snowshoe.

So that's the place we should
try to harden even more.

- [Phil] Okay. Is that
both north and south?

- Yes.

(tire hissing)

The swim was physical torture.

Bike is just mental torture.

- [Camera Person] (chuckles) Yeah.

(snow squelching)

- From the get go, the bike
was just a pain in the ass.

At many points he felt like,

"Okay, this is 180 kilometers of this,

it's not possible."

- When you do reach Anton,

can you tell him to bring
my spare cycling shoes?

Herman had them in the camera bag,

or the bag with all your,

with the camera team's

sleeping stuff that came up yesterday.

(snow squelching)

10 kilometers. Three hours and 53.

- That's the conditions.

We'll try to walk the
track. What do you suggest?

How do you feel like...?

- I suggest you make a new track.

Give me some feedback.
No more excuses!

I know this looks shit,
but give me some feedback

we'll try to give it a go
on the south track.

(snow squelching)

Excuses? What the fuck
are you talking about?

- [Nicklas Over Radio] Are
we abandoning north camp?

Should I join you guys?

- [Voice 2 Over Radio] Hey Nicklas,

we need you ASAP in south camp.

- We made the decision to
change the location of the route

to the boundary of the snow line,

so where it's just bare rock hard ice,

and Anders started cycling
backwards and forwards

on a much smaller track
just to keep cycling.

- [Team Member] The
easiest way to do it now

is just with the boots.

But once we get the shovels,
that's gonna be primed.

- Get the shovel yeah.

- [Team Member 2] There comes the shovels.

- Fuck, we forgot to tell fucking them

to bring down the shovels.

- [Camera Person] I told Cory

so he should bring down the shovels.

- How, how can you tell him that?

- [Camera Person] I
told him before he left.

- We could only make it
the length that it was

because outside of that zone
was potential crevasses,

and that was unexplored areas

that was marked as our death zones.

(scraping)

- [Voice Over Radio] We have
four hours before dark. Over.

- Understood.

(snow squelching)

Yeah. Well I think you
need to drink more as well.

How many liters have you gone through now?

- [Anders] I don't know.

- [Anthon] You need to drink more.

- You don't have to worry about me.

As long as I have food here,

you don't have to worry about me.

- Our minds were just like

after 10 hours in different places.

(conversing in foreign language)

- 41 maybe.

- 41.

- Fuck it's still a long way to go.

- I know, dude. And that's
why we had to do something.

- Yeah, yeah. You're right.

- We should keep going, but.

- He was struggling so much.

There was a part of me that was like,

"Okay, when will he
break? When will it stop?"

There's just a slight voice
in the back of the brain,

"Okay, we tried today,
condition not working,

let's rethink, regroup,
and then do it tomorrow."

- Anthon,

Get over here,
we have a team meeting.

- It's really important that
you listen to what I say now

and respect everything I say.

We are now

13 hours exactly into the Iceman,

and we haven't been combined
as a team at one point.

I know a lot of things hasn't
gone according to plan,

but that's why it's
really freaking important

that it does from now.

I have been going for two hours longer

than I've ever been active

and I've only biked 45 kilometers.

That means I have 135 kilometers to go

and a marathon to run.

And

that's a fucking lot to do.

I don't wanna see anyone
standing not doing anything.

If you're not doing
anything, I need you to rest.

I need you to eat.

That is crucial because
I haven't come here

to not finish this.

And I have no clue what awaits,

I don't know what my state is in 12 hours.

And at that point in time,

you guys need to know where
my stuff is, how I get warm,

how I get a hot drink,
and how I keep on going

because I'm not gonna stop this,

but I might get to a point
where I can't, you know,

figure out what two plus two is.

And I don't know that.

- This is the only time
I've seen Anders say,

"Okay, I'm fucked.

I need you guys just to be on point

if this is gonna happen."

I think from that point on,
everybody just stepped up.

- [Anthon] At least I go up
to get the gear for Anders

and then bring it down.

- Yeah. Okay, cool.

- Bring some more gas.

- [Anthon] Yeah. Where's the gas?

- In your tents.

There should be a few things.
Bring bring 40 bottles.

- I don't want to, I don't, it's,

I feel like I left it a little negative.

I don't want it, I don't
want it to sort of, you know,

come off negative.

I really appreciate
everything you guys have done

and I can't do this without you

and that's just, you know,

I want to bring this home
together with you guys.

Let's do that.

- [Team Member] You're doing good buddy.

- Okay, great.

- [Camera Person] Keep
cruising boy. Keep cruising.

(splint sparks)

- Dig snow before breakfast.

Dig snow before lunch.

Dig snow before dinner,

and then we'll dig snow
all through the night.

- [Anders] Fastest 5k until now, guys.

- [Oli] Yeah?
- [Anders] Yeah.

- [Oli] Nice one. Look there dude.

- This I borrowed from my
neighbor just to save now.

Only 55. I thought it was 60. Damn.

(pensive music)

It's gonna be a long cold night.

I'm sure it's gonna be
longer and colder for Anders,

but it's still gonna suck
balls for us. (laughs)

(snow squelching)

(tense music)

- [Anders] My hands are...

Should I put on a head torch now?

- That's not gonna spring off right.

- [Anders] The night shift begins, huh?

Let the night begin.

(shovel thumping on snow)

- Ah.

- Your knee okay?

- I don't know.

- Just banged it.

- When I'm at 90, I would like a break.
- Okay.

A hot meal and change my socks.

- Where are you at now?
- I'm at...

78.

Okay, good.

- A little over an hour.
- Good. Keep going, Anders.

Hold on.

- You start raising the risks

when you start going through the night.

And the colder you get,

the more you start to shut down.

- 21 hours.

- Yeah.

- Right now I feel the worst
is just, I want to sleep.

I'm only half-way on the bike.

You want more?
I can get the rest for you.

- It's fine.
- No, let's get it for you. You need it.

Last bit.

- So after a year back,
I was struggling with,

well I didn't necessarily
know it at that time,

but I was struggling with anxiety

and that were also coupled with stress.

And

then I kind of came into the living room

and told my brother,

"Hey, I, you know, I'm,

I'm not good.

I'm not feeling well."

And, you know, "Here's the situation."

And then again, it was
kind of this conversation

with my brother that made me realize,

"Wow, I, you know, this is,

first of all, this is okay.

And second of all, who's your priority?"

You know, ask me that question.

And you know, the reason
why that makes me emotional

was that,

(somber music)

(shakily) you know, I
think, I think first of all,

he knows me really well.

So we knew at that point I just, you know,

I'd stretched myself, I
stretched myself, you know,

too far from my core,

and you know, he kind of let
me know that with tough love.

But the reason why, you know,
I'm emotional now is that,

you know, he, you know,
he really cares for me.

Good job man.

How you feeling? You warm?

- Yeah.

- How is this holding up? Is it working?

- Mm.

We're brewing coffee to you right now.

Have a sip.

I'm just looking forward to
the sun comes again.

- Yes.

(wind blowing)

- How are you doing, man?
- I'm broken.

You will be. That's the point of this.
Keep it up, man.

He's suffering. He's suffering hard.

- Anders was cycling 200 meters,

and back 200 meters for 20 hours.

And how he persevered, I don't know.

(strong wind blowing)

- In my ultimate low I had
that conversation with myself.

What if I didn't make it?

(pensive music)

I was gonna tell my
brother that I couldn't,

I can't do this.

(pensive music)

That was where I reminded
myself of why I'm doing this.

I wanted to show that
limitations are perceptions.

I just don't think that I really realized

that I had to break my own perceptions

of where my limit was.

I'm broken,
but I can't give up now.

Well, it's fair to take a break.

It'll probably be quite nice
to change scenary for your head.

It's firm enough for you
to ride up there, definitely.

Should we go up?
Cool, let's go up.

- We got our stuff together.

We changed the tactics
we could see another day,

and then we went to the upper track.

And I remember this was not filmed.

We were like giving each other high fives,

and you know, shouting, because
the track was good up there.

So suddenly you're know,
whoa, we can do this.

- We're gonna get there.

I was on a low down there,
but I'm going to be on a high up here.

(snow squelching)

- And then, you know, before we know it,

the wind picked up quite significantly.

(wind whistling)

He's had cold feet for almost
two days by now.

It's not getting better.

This weather is going to continue
until tomorrow afternoon, apparently.

(strong winds blowing)

(wind whistling)

(wind whistling)

I can't believe I did that as well.

First the swim, then the bike.

Now I really can't believe that I have
a marathon to run in this weather.

Ah.

(Anders exhales)

- What are you saying?
- It's impossible to get through here.

- 35 Hours and 30 minutes
total time so far.

(chuckles)

Oh.

- [Team Member] If you
snack well, and then...

My right knee is so fucked.

(Anders exhales)

(Anders exhales)

I've been having troubles with the knee

for now a month and a half.

And there's only one
month until we take off.

So that, I mean, I have to
do everything to fix it.

(physical trainer speaking
in foreign language)

- In November and December,
those were tough months.

So I think my parents saw that

and then they saw that as, you know, am I,

you know, am I taking care of myself?

Am I healthy through this process?

You know, I just clearly remember

that conversation in my apartment.

Why does it have to be now?
I could just postpone it.

Yeah, I think I would
see like 2% on, you know,

just breaking completely.

(family conversing in foreign language)

- So New Year's Eve,

home.

I can't remember since
I had a long bike ride

because of the troubles with my knee,

you know, having a night like this,

we really just

(exhales deeply)

wanna relax,

party

like everyone else.

(conversing in foreign language)

(speaking in foreign language)

- I could feel the amount of pressure,

the amount of risk that
my brother had taken.

Some frustration that I experienced

was this somewhat fear of the unknown.

It'll be fine.

- I love you.
- Love you too.

- And I was worried for his knee.

Two, three months before,
I'm not seeing him move.

And that worries me.

I was worried that we would get there,

and he would not be able to run.

(strong winds blowing)

(strong winds continue blowing)

- [Anders] We were 36 and a
half hours into the Iceman,

which meant we had passed
the weather window.

The team knew that.

But I wasn't really
focused on that at all.

In my mind, I just wanted to finish it.

(strong winds blowing)

- How many kilometers?
- 7.5.

(strong winds blowing)

(strong winds continue blowing)

I kind of lost track of time.

I forgot to have some patience
and to take care of myself.

I found myself making bad decisions

and I had to tell him I need to sleep.

And in my mind I was just like,

"You're fucking not leaving me, now."

If Anthon tells me I need a break,

then Anthon really needs a break.

(pensive music)

Being in that state, being tired yourself,

we had to go back to our tent.

This is 500 meters away.

This was dark heavy winds.
You couldn't see anything.

We had to rely on our GPS.

I had this realization where I was like,

"This is too dangerous to be out."

(wind howling)

(strong gusty wind blowing)

We decided that I was just gonna walk,

and everybody else would go
back to their tents for safety.

And so I walked with Oli
for seven kilometers.

It was pitch dark.

You couldn't see two
meters ahead of yourself.

I was getting dizzy.

It was difficult for me just to walk.

We quickly went through

the pros and cons of
continuing at the point,

it wasn't a race anymore.

It was basically just survival.

(gusty wind blowing)

- [Cory] Anders.
- Yeah.

- [Cory] Can you give us an update?

- We have this blizzard,

and I will start walking with Oli,

and we decided to,

postpone it three hours until
everybody is more rested.

'Cause right now, time is not,

time doesn't matter anymore now,

just now it's just important
for me to finish this

and yeah, we would just be risking it,

if we kept on going just two of us.

- Anthon, Anthon, this is Cory.

Do you copy?

It's not good that they have radio
silence. I don't understand that.

They should be...

- ahead of things.
- Yeah.

It's been a long time
since we heard from them.

(wind whistling)

- It could be because...
- They could've run out of batteries.

Yeah, or their tent
could be covered in snow.

- [Cory] Yeah. I don't think
we're getting a hold of them.

(wind blowing)

(shovel thumping)

- [Team Member] I remember
waking up at one point

being completely like fixated

by the weight of snow on top of the tent.

(shovel continues thumping)

So Cory had to dig the snow from the tent.

You just hear the shovel
and in the meantime,

you know that if he hits like the tent,

just scratches it,

it's game over.

(snow squelching)

(strong winds blowing)

Where's Herman?

- I think it was day two,

around eight o'clock in the evening,

Greg and I got back to the boat,

and I started dumping all the footage

before I need to go off
to reach you guys again.

I tried calling Phil and I got no answers

and then suddenly I just
hear like scratches.

(imitates radio noises)

Like no solo travels, not safe.

And to give a little context,

we had the boat anchored up in a bay

where we had six safety
ropes to all angles

holding the boat in one place.

- Holy fuck!
- What?

- The white line is nearly about to snap.
- Oh no.

What do we do?

- And then one of the rope snaps.

It was just panic on board.

Greg's tried to scramble some ropes

and see how can we solve this problem.

And while he's outside in winds

way over a hundred kilometers an hour,

this rope snaps.

(loud bang)

I could see the fear in
both Cath and Greg's eyes

because now it's serious trouble.

And then another rope snaps.

(loud bang)

Cath picks up the radio
and calls in mayday.

Like mayday is the last, last thing.

We're slamming against the rocks.

And then Cath tells me,
with the straightest face,

"Herman, stop filming.

I need you to jump on land.

We need this rope that we
have used to block the ice.

I need you to go up on
land and toss it to me."

I tell Cath,

"I'm not sure I can do
that, handle that task."

We get a small glimpse
of a bit slower wind.

At that point I was like,
"Fuck it, I need to try."

So I jump in the Zodiac,
pull myself across.

I just basically had to jump
from the Zodiac onto land.

So I was soaked. I started
crawling along the land,

because of the wind, there was
no chance to be able to walk.

And I start untying this
rope and it's so tight.

While I was reaching the rope,

my hat and my mittens blew off.

Finally, I kind of thought
just slowly with one hand

loosening the rope, and then pause it

while laying on the ground,

and I start crawling back to a big rock

where I could shelter.

I was so scared. And
this was the first point

where I actually feared for my life.

And I lay there for what
felt like an eternity.

(wind howling)

(strong winds blowing)

- I don't know how I made
it through that bike ride.

I've never been so broken in my life,

both physically and mentally.

(wind flaps tent noisily)

Anthon, do you copy?

Anthon, Anthon, this is Anders.

Do you copy?

(tense music)

(strong wind blowing)

- Anthon, Anthon. This is Cory.

Do you copy?

We ran out of food,

and we had a ice cave
that we built early on

as a surplus for us if
we ever needed to go,

and gather more food.

(strong winds blowing)

I remember just looking around
and then looking back at you

and being like, is this where it is?

Is this it?

I realized that there was no
way that we're gonna get it.

- I do have something I wanna say.

There was a moment with Anders and I

that I will never forget.

As an independent artist,

I was going through a really hard time,

and (chuckles softly)

I was coming home for Christmas.

It was a very dark time for me,

and a lot of thoughts about
giving up or is it all worth it?

And I hadn't really said much that,

that those days up until Christmas Eve.

But someone asked me like, "How are you?"

And then we started talking
and then in our family

it's instantly like,

"This is what you should
do. This is the plan.

We can work this out.
And we'll..." you know,

or Anthon will always
have the good questions

and like, "But you don't need this.

Why do you need this?"

And I keep thinking like,

you know, I have to
have the good argument.

I have to defend myself in my case.

And as I was doing that, I
just totally like lost it.

I started like, I got a
panic attack basically.

And I remember,

I just remember being on
my couch and like had,

I remember thinking like,
"You're about to pass out."

So I like, I put my head between my legs,

and I remember like the
whole room just froze

and no one knew like what to do.

And Anders just like runs
over and grabs my shoulders

and just shakes me and be like,

and he starts crying and like just,

I've never seen Anders like that.

I just felt like he just
understood. (sniffles)

He just understood.

He keeps telling me that what
I'm doing is so much harder,

because to him what he's
doing is he's the only one.

But what I'm doing is like,
there's millions of us.

So for me to stand out and do my thing

is a completely different
Iceman as he says.

(radio beeps)

- [Anthon] Cory, Cory, Anthon, Anthon.

Anthon, Anthon, this is Cory.

- [Anthon] How is Anders doing?

He's all right.

- [Anders] What luxury do
you guys have over there?

- How are you guys doing?

We're good. We've all peed
in the same water bottle

and now Jan is cooking
some porridge for us for dinner.

- Sounds like brotherhood.

Happy to hear that.
(radio beeps)

- The storm was gone,

and then suddenly nobody
was doing anything.

And then I felt we cannot wait anymore.

The time is 2:32.

We've been here for about...

... 27, 28 hours.

But we made it. The weather is calm.
We can trust the weather now.

(radio crackling)

I just told Anders,

"15 minutes, you're gonna meet out here

and then we're gonna finish this."

I think he was caught up in
the struggle at that moment

running on a glacier.

And I realized that you don't
see what we see right now.

And what we are seeing is that
you have 10 kilometers left

on something people
thought was impossible,

and you need to realize
that yourself as well.

You show that
it's fucking possible!

You show that you
live out your message!

You show that you are
what you fucking say!

You're doing it, Anders!

You're fucking doing it!

(snow squelching)

That's it! That was already 1 km.
That was 1 km!

- [Team Member] He needed that.

- In that moment, I had
this feeling of just

finding my purpose there.

(snow squelching)

- Something in me just says

that Anders shut down for these years

probably to figure out when
am I gonna press that button.

And that happened in Antarctica.

It started as a calm morning
and it ends with a calm morning.

(snow squelching)

(calm ethereal music)

(team cheering)

(Anders and Anthon sniffling softly)

I want to be the first person...
I will be the first person

doing an Iceman in Antarctica.

- [Camera Person] 30 Seconds, 30 seconds.

Come on, come on.

- I just have to remember that
I can do so much fucking more

than I think I can, that
I allow myself to believe.

- This was just as much
a project to test himself

of how much he could believe in himself

when nobody else did.

He now know that that
voice comes from a truth.

(gentle upbeat music)

72 hours and
54 minutes.

(Anders sighs)

We fucking did it.
(team applauds)

(team cheers and whoops)

- Good morning to you.

(Anders whoops)

- Let's go!

(Anders whoops)

- Anders is giving people a gift.

He's giving people the gift of hope,

and his willingness to
suffer intentionally

gives people hope on their journey

where they're not suffering intentionally.

That's the greatest gift
you can give anybody.

Well done, Anders.

A new beginning.

(Anthon sighs)

You've finished
what you started.

- I'm proud of you.
- I'm proud of you too.

- I love you.
- Love you too, bro.

(calm uplifting music)

- We get contact with base,

they're telling us to stay
calm and they will get people

and come help us.

The marine guys were like,

"Okay, this is not safe for you anymore.

All of you guys need to
come back to the base."

We wait there while
the divers do their job

and attach on new ropes

and try to pull the boat slowly back.

Greg ended up being swam back
to the boat with the divers

because our skipper Cath, she
refused to leave the boat,

which was eventually
pretty heroic thing to do.

I get back to the base and I
was just sitting there alone.

I was so in shock still, I think.

So I just ate, got a room
and I just laid down.

It was the first time in over 48 hours

where I could actually sleep.

So I wake up unnaturally
early in the morning,

like 6:00 or something,
and as I walk out the door,

I turn around the corner
and I just see Anders

suddenly I just hit me.
I was like, "Oh, fuck."

Because then I realized also

you guys have been on the glacier

when this whole thing has
happened down by the boat.

And you guys probably needed
to be rescued as well,

was my first initial thought.

So I was just, "Oh fuck,
you guys got rescued"

I mean, does that mean the
whole race was just canceled

and stuff?

And I was asked, I just
asked Anders plain,

"What happened, dude? Are you okay?"

And he was like, "Yeah, I
just finished the race."

(everyone chuckles)

And I was like,

"The fuck you mean you
just finished the race?"

And I was so confused,

but at the same time I was so relieved

that kinda he was safe and he was like,

"Yeah, the rest of the guys
are kind of in the food area."

And I walked out and saw the whole gang

sitting in the dinner area,

and it was just the most surreal moment.

Everyone was just safe.

Everyone's smiling.

I you got something which ended up

with my bag coming home
from the expedition.

And that is the tag from
the Chilean base you got

when you finished the race.

- Huh!

And it's been two years
now, I've had this.

I haven't said anything to you,

but I've always had this to bring you

so we finally meet again,

and this belongs to you.

- Crazy.

- Yeah.

(Anders exhales)

(speaking in foreign language)

- You know, it all came
from it being ironic

that, you know, during
the Iceman and you know,

going out and doing
speaks at primary schools

and to young kids,

I'm telling them to pursue
their own Iceman in life

when the fact is I've not
pursued my own Iceman in life.

- [Interviewer] Here you go.

- Yeah.

So project 30.

- [Interviewer] What's project 30?

- Project 30 is pursuing
my childhood dream

of becoming a professional
football player.

- [Interviewer] And what's 30?

- 30 is the age I'm
restarting my football career.

(gentle music)

♪ I'm 'bout to do this shit ♪

♪ Sick of sitting here ♪

♪ Only got a couple years
before I disappear ♪

♪ I don't know, just a man ♪

♪ But there's more inside me
than these people understand ♪

♪ Oh, I think this time I went and found ♪

♪ A way ♪

♪ I'm looking for something different ♪

♪ To clear my mind ♪

♪ I'm headed to someplace distant ♪

♪ That I might not find ♪

♪ And I know ♪

♪ That you're worried ♪

♪ I won't make it, but ♪

♪ No ♪

♪ Don't worry ♪

♪ I'm gonna make it home ♪

♪ I could die ♪

♪ I'ma do it though ♪

♪ Hope my life becomes a
symbol of what's beautiful ♪

♪ Take it there, make it back ♪

♪ All these people think I'm crazy ♪

♪ I'm okay with that ♪

♪ Oh, I think it's time ♪

♪ I went and found a way ♪

♪ I'm looking for something different ♪

♪ To clear my mind ♪

♪ I'm headed to someplace distant ♪

♪ That I might not find ♪

♪ And I know ♪

♪ That you're worried ♪

♪ I won't make it, but ♪

♪ No ♪

♪ Don't worry ♪

♪ I'm gon' make it home ♪