MADHOUSE AT THE END OF THE EARTH

August 1897: The Belgica set sail, eager to become the first scientific expedition to reach the South Pole. But the ship became stuck fast in the ice of the Bellinghausen sea, condemning the ship's crew to overwintering in Antarctica. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness, their minds ravaged by the sound rats teeming in the hold, they descended into madness. Drawing on first-hand crew diaries and journals, and exclusive access to the ship's logbook, the result is equal parts maritime thriller and gothic horror.