一个老实巴交而又善良的阿拉斯加汉子米秋（Miqu）赶着狗拉雪橇驰驶在茫茫冰原上，突然他看到远处有两个人在肉搏，不一会，其中一个把另一个打到，并捅了几刀。米秋见状朝天放了一枪，持刀者逃开。米秋跑上前，发现中刀者就要去见上帝，然而正在这时，那持刀者又过来了……

An Inuit hunter drives his dog team out on the frozen Arctic Ocean in search of seals, but instead, bears witness to murder. In the microscopic communities of Arctic Alaska there is no anonymity -- the hunter knows both the victim and the murderer. The murderer, claiming self-defense and desperate to avoid punishment, tries to persuade his friend to forget what he has seen, and help dispose of the body. The hunter is forced to navigate the uneasy morality of honoring the body and memory of one friend and destroying the life of another.