When Ara Londell contacts her father, who she has never seen, he directs her to meet him aboard an old freighter, the Sea Rogue, that sails the arctic waters of Alaska. Ara, angry over her father's failure to show up, soon believes a sinister reason exists for his strange disappearance. As the old freighter continues along the isolated coastline towards Nome and the Arctic Circle, Ara believes it is on some dreadful mission. When someone tries to kill her, she confides in handsome Marc Stewart, who attempts to convince her that she must give up her search for her missing father. Marc fails to tell her that he and her father are business associates, and when Ara finds out, she suspects that Marc is playing some major role in the danger that she faces. She is more determined than ever to solve the mystery, but finds herself all alone on a terrifying voyage.