aleutian islands (alaska)

Chronicles the dramatic story of the December 2004 rescue of a Malaysian cargo ship that ran aground on Alaska's Aleutian Islands during a brutal storm, an effort further complicated by the crash of a Jayhawk rescue helicopter.

Tensions run high amid the crew of a ship caught in the frigid Arctic waters during storm season.

As the only ones not captured when the Japanese take over their Aleutian island village during World War II, two children must survive on their own.