A manhunt in the brutal North grants a terminally ill adventurer the chance of life. With the help of a young Anishinaabe visionary, the adventurer must locate the mythically restorative Sick Heart River or die.

When the world is threatened with an endless winter a young idealistic plover heads north in a fellowship of few feathered misfits to foil the plans of the evil Ice Queen to secure the arrival of spring.

A young drug addict hides in the storeroom in an apartment of a policewoman and her boyfriend to get clean. The policewoman finds him, they discover they are both Icelandic, she lets him stay hidden and starts making drastic decisions both in her work and private life.