在加拿大北部内陆的冻原上,生活着爱斯基摩人的一支——伊哈尔缪特族。这是1946年的冬季,猎人阿尼克泰尤瓦已经一个月没有打回猎物了,死亡正在降临他家的雪屋。没有必要活下去的人该先走一步,是谁呢? 只要猎人还活着,其他人就还有活下去的希望,他不能先走。两个孩子是家族的接班人,也该保留。孩子的母亲要抚养孩子,还能够在未来的日子里添丁加口。3只猎狗虽已骨瘦如柴,却是猎人出猎的工具。最后就剩下了老太太埃皮 On the tundra in the hinterland of northern Canada, one of the Eskimos - the Ikhlmut. This is the winter of 1946, hunter Alnick Thai Youwa has not recovered the quarry for a month, the death is coming to his house snow house. Who does not need to go on living, who? As long as the hunters are alive, others have the hope of survival, he can not go first. Two children are the successors of the family should also be retained. Children’s mothers to raise children, but also in the days to Tim Ding added. Although three hunting dogs are skinny, it is hunter hunting tools. Finally, the remaining old lady Epi