William Hamilton is fed up with religion, politics, society, and his marriage. After learning about his wife's affair and watching the film Nanook of the North: A Story of Life and Love in the Actual Arctic, he decides to abandon his life in Los Angeles. As he embarks on a journey to live simply among an Inuit tribe in the land of the midnight sun, he learns a new way of living, including adapting to strange customs and traditions practiced by the indigenous people. William also rediscovers love. But sometimes life is greener on the other side, and in the unforgiving Yukon, he realizes that the snow is just a little deeper as he finds himself facing the cold, harsh consequences of manslaughter in a land where the custom is an eye for an eye.