The expedition's goal was to gain a better scientific understanding of the changes to Earth's climate due to global warming and weather-related phenomena.
The Expedition also undertook a “coast-to-Pole-to-coast” survey of Antarctic stable isotope trends, a large portion of the territory sampled was previously unstudied.
After the scientific survey was complete, the Willis Resilience Expedition set off on December 3, 2013, from the Ross Ice Shelf where Liautaud and Stoup began their journey skiing 640 km to the South Pole, crossing the Transantarctic Mountains, which ascend to 4,500 meters at the summit.
[6] Liautaud also became the youngest person to reach the North and the South Poles in what is known as the 'polar hat trick',[7] though Jade Hameister beat his record in 2016.
This enabled the expedition cinematographer and photographer, Paddy Scott, to conduct live interviews with the team while in the interior of Antarctica.