Noted American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, has given such enchanting nature books as Wildwood Ways, White Mountain Trails, and Woodland Ways, was also a Member Corwin exploring expedition to Alaska, Siberia and the Arctic, 1900.

Against the background, comes this riveting story of the men who ventured into this hazardous territory aboard the Whaling Bark Bowhead.
- Summary by Larry Wilson