Jacob and Bridgett Malone traveled from Ireland with Shawn, their young son, in the late 1890s. Their hopes ended tragically when Jacob died in an avalanche on Chilkoot Pass. Life in the budding city of Whitehorse in the Yukon, is never easy. Will Bridgett be made to marry suave Pete Schultz? Will Bridgett and Shawn survive and even thrive in the frigid temperatures of winter in the beginning of the new century?