The book documents her experience visiting the continent of Antarctica for a week in January 2019, with accompanying photos taken by New Zealand photographer Harriet Were.

All proceeds from the book were used to fund a postgraduate scholarship created by Antarctica New Zealand, a government agency.

[3][4] During her stay, she explored the Antarctic terrain, observed microscopic species in environmental laboratories and spoke with scientists.

Announced in November 2020 through her newsletter, O'Connor described the book as a precursor to her then unreleased third studio album, describing the trip as "this great white palette cleanser, a sort of celestial foyer I had to move through in order to start making the next thing.

"[5] The book is split into two parts; an opening 10-page essay written originally for Metro, followed by pages of photographs by Ware and footnotes from O'Connor.