A crew member of an oil-and-gas exploration syndicate working in the Arctic North of Canada
suffers from a broken leg and receives first aid at the camp. In the meantime an aircraft got
ordered by radio to bring him urgently to Yellowknife's hospital. The plane arrives late with
the patient's wife who is a nurse. At the same time an adverse weather front moves in rapidly
from the north. Although the first gusts of wind and driving snow sweep over the camp the
pilot decides to take off and right away gets into horrible weather conditions. Close to the
ground and dodging high-rise terrain the pilot manages to fly ahead of the storm but then
suddenly the engine quits and he has to attempt a forced landing immediately. Due to bad
visibility the aircraft strikes a frozen lake's shoreline. It ends up severely damaged the
woods. Although nobody is hurt the chances of getting out and back to civilization are
practically zero. Hit by roaring winds and freezing temperatures they hope in vain for a
search aircraft and subsequent rescue. After days the situation becomes desperate but then
the pilot comes up with the idea that seems completely unreal. Although the Cessna aircraft's
damage is substantial he wants to get it back into the air. However there is no help around.
Hit by hunger and bitter cold he works on a solution that might be disastrous.
