After failing to recover his investment in a crooked South African mining venture, ex-U.S. Navy officer Duncan Craig (Alan Ladd) signs on with an Antarctica-bound ice-breaker under Commander Bland. Faced with questions surrounding the suicide of her father, who was Bland's partner, Judie Nordahl (Joan Tetzel) has also booked passage on the ship in order to catch up with the Antarctic whaling...
After failing to recover his investment in a crooked South African mining venture, ex-U.S. Navy officer Duncan Craig (Alan Ladd) signs on with an Antarctica-bound ice-breaker under Commander Bland. Faced with questions surrounding the suicide of her father, who was Bland's partner, Judie Nordahl (Joan Tetzel) has also booked passage on the ship in order to catch up with the Antarctic whaling...
