Amateur footage of the Oxford University Iceland Expedition 1947. It begins with a pony caravan setting off and men dragging sledges. Camp is set up in the polar wastes, and there are various scenes around the camp, includingwet sleeping bags, eating, and repairing a sledge. The team are then seen moving on across the ice. Inside a tent they eat some hot food, and then there are more shots of them moving across the ice.