A reporter and an environmentalist discover a family of whales has become trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic circle. They organise a coalition of unlikely allies, including Alaskan natives, oil tycoons and the Russian and American military, to pool their resources and rescue the animals. Fact-based drama, starring Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Ted Danson and Kristen Bell.

A small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle.