In March 1914, two men began a perilous 700 mile walk across the barren ice fields of the Arctic Oceanto Siberiaon a near-impossible rescue missionto save the stranded crew and passengers of theshipKarluk,which had beencrushed and sunkby ice.One of those making this trek was legendary captain Robert Abram Bartlett who,five years earlier,hadnavigated Robert Pearys expedition to reach theNorth Pole. Based on research in four countries,Unchained Manexplores the truth behind the myth of Robert Bartlett, while honouring the life of a central figure in international polar exploration and Arctic history.