Sym is not your average teenage girl. She is captivated with the Antarctic and the brave, romantic figure of Captain Oates from Scott's doomed expedition to the South Pole. Oates has been dead for nearly a century, but not in Sym's head. In there, he is her constant companion, her soul mate, her advisor. Sym's love for the Antarctic is overshadowed by her uncle Victor's obsession. When he takes her on a dream trip into the fierce icy wilderness, it turns into a nightmarish struggle for survival that will challenge everything she knows and loves.