A young orphaned woman named Kotzebue is trying to find out who her parents are in the icy landscapes of Alaska. Kotzebue is helped by an East German librarian, whose husband was killed while fleeing from the GDR. Although both women could not be more different from each other, a fragile relationship forms.

• Pelemele Film
• Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley
• K.D. Lang
• Rosel Zech
• Chuck Connors
• Christel Merian
• Jane Lind
• Wayne Waterman
• Eugene Omiak