Sixteen year-old Native American “city girl” Lia, is sent to spend the summer with her grandmother in a small community in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Desperate to return home she steals a boat and becomes lost in the vast Northern wilderness where she is discovered by Alfred, a Gwich’in hunter. Reluctantly taking her under his wing, their unexpected friendship develops, however, both will be tested when Alfred is severely wounded in a bear attack, and Lia has to fight to save their lives.