This film gives the impression that Amundsen's rival, the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, used only ponies and motorized sleds, whereas in fact he started his attempt to reach the South Pole with more dogs than ponies on his unfortunate trip but he did not use dogs on the last leg of his trip contrary to all advice and counsel.
The second time Pål Sverre Hagen plays a Norwegian adventurer on film. He previously played Thor Heyerdahl in Kon-Tiki in 2012.
Espen Sandberg directed the film without his usual directing partner Joachim Rønning.