As the ship's doctor, Henry Drax teams up with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced former army surgeon. Together, they embark on an Arctic whaling expedition alongside Henry Drax, a skilled harpooner and ruthless killer. To escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on a journey with a psychopath who intends to kill him and his companions. In his journey for redemption, his story becomes a harrowing struggle for existence in the Arctic wastes.