A spellbinding portrayal of actual events that took place in the frigid wastes of northern Norway. Jan Baalsrud is the only one of 12 soldiers in a special resistance group to escape a landing operation in German-occupied territory with his life. With the gestapo hot on his trail, he has to rely on his moral resilience, incredible physical prowess and the courage of local people to survive. Injured, weak, exhausted, and chilled to the bone, he is kept alive by a single goal – crossing the border into neutral Sweden before the Germans catch him…