Joanna Lumley pursues a life-long dream to track down the elusive and beautiful Northern Lights. As a little girl growing up in Malaysia, she always longed to make this journey. Her journey takes her North across the Arctic Circle, up through Norway and finally to Svalbard, the most northerly permanently inhabited place on Earth, where she has to cope with temperatures approaching minus 30° C. She explores the romantic fjords of Lofoten and learns to ride a snowmobile, speeding across endless expanses of Lapland tundra with a Sami herdsman in search of his reindeer. The fascinating people she meets on her journey north fire Joanna's passion to see the Northern Lights still further, telling her about the unique spectacle and power of this true wonder of the world. Finally, in a breathtaking climax to the film, Joanna gets to see with her own eyes the spectacular beauty of the Northern Lights.
