In August 1818 a remarkable encounter took place between two British naval officers and a band of Eskimos on the shores of Greenland. The British officers had only ever met one Eskimo before, the Eskimos had never before seen a white man; indeed they asked, Where do you come from, the sun or the moon?”

This encounter was the beginning of a captivating chapter in naval history, the dawn of a long quest, first for the North West Passage, later for the North Pole and then for the South Pole. The ethos that bound these early sledging teams together, provoking them to achieve historical milestones against overwhelming odds, inspired a plan to mount Polar Quest, a commemorative military expedition to the Polar Regions in 2006/07. Polar Quest Vol II (The Mission Plans) are the detailed plans prepared by Sean to launch the expedition.