The pilot of a military transport plane is forced to make an emergency landing in the frozen wilds of the Canadian tundra. Facing extreme winter cold and short of food, he battles to keep his crew alive while trying to guide a rescue flight to their remote location with a dying radio signal. Action adventure, starring John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, Andy Devine, Walter Abel and James Arness.

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting rescue.