It's 1761. The Danish government has selected five researchers to travel to Arabia Felix, or "Happy Arabia." But the journey isn't as happy as its destination.
The members all kind of hate each other, they keep getting malaria, and the Narrator keeps popping up to say that only one of them will survive.
Can the expedition actually do something worth history's attention?
Or are they all too self-absorbed and incompetent to make a difference?