In 1899, James Kincaid travels to the North Slopes of Alaska to discover and explore thenewly purchased unknown land. With the help of his Native guide,Moaka, James builds and trains his own dog team which becomesone of the best sled dog teams in the territory. He is chargedby the Wildlife Service to document the wildlife populations,interact with the Natives and their culture, develop maps of theland, and discover potential resources of this new frontier east ofBarrow. As James and Moaka explore and discover their assignedterritory, they are confronted by a huge rogue polar bear thathas been raiding villages, and has to be destroyed or chased backonto the ice. While battling the marauding polar bear, the pursuitnearly ends in disaster, as a Native is killed and the villagers areterrorized by the spirit-struck polar bear.