A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst finding their way back to civilization. Along the journey the man finds a new respect for the native ways as they battle to survive the elements.
Barry Pepper
as Charlie Halliday
Annabella Piugattuk
as Kannalaq
James Cromwell
as Walter "Shep" Shepherd
Kiersten Warren
as Estelle
Jon Gries
as Pierce
Robin Dunne
as Carl
Malcolm Scott
as Warren
Michael Bublé
as Hap
Brad Sihvon
as Mr. Izzard
Greg Spottiswood
as Mr. Moss
Wuchak
**_Trying to survive in desolate northern Canada_** In 1953, a Canadian bush pilot based in Yellowknife (Barry Pepper) flies a routine gig in the area of Queen Maud Gulf of the Northwest Territories (which is Nunavut today). When he crash-lands with a sickly Inuk girl, their chances of making it ...