Ellen Vanderlaan graduated with the highest grade-point average in her class. Now she can pretty much do what she wants ... so she goes to Spitsbergen, close to the Northpole, to spend a year living with a furtrapper named Lars. In one of the few places in the world where nature still rules, Ellen quickly realises she has to adapt if she is going to survive. Lars is not exactly the rugged frontiersman she expected. Poor communication and the fact that Lars is constantly trying to bed the only woman he has seen for over a year, make that the atmosphere in the wooden hut is as icy as the temperature outside. However, as time passes, Ellen teaches Lars English and the finer points of basic housekeeping. In return, Lars teaches Ellen how to skin seals and drive a team of sledge huskies. Soon she realises that Lars' life is as pure as life can get.Based on the novel of Heleen Van der Laan.