The hero of the book is the outstanding polar explorer Roald Amundsen. He was the only one to visit both poles of the Earth and circumnavigated the world in the waters of the Arctic Ocean. He passed the Northern Sea Route along the shores of Eurasia and was the first to defeat the Northwest Passage off the coast of North America. The brilliant organizer, on the way to the South Pole, unmistakably chose dog teams and met the tight deadlines until the difficulties weakened the participants in the campaign. A figure of historical scale, the experience of which is used by polar explorers to this day. However, at the top of life, having achieved the set goals, the hero felt misunderstanding and experienced loneliness... Tour Boumann-Larsen is trying to understand the reasons for this. In the life of a polar explorer, love does not fit well with the Arctic. The author managed to show the broken destinies and life dramas behind Amundsen's choice. The Norwegian historian created a vivid portrait of the famous polar explorer, whose image, while retaining greatness, for the first time appeared truly close and understandable.