It's 1899, and the frozen North is one of the Western world's last remaining frontiers.

Explorers come from across the globe, scheming and dreaming of planting their flag at the Pole.

Every summer, a half dozen countries send massive expeditions, continuing a centuries-old search for the fabled Northwest Passage.

Christian missionaries have begun to settle and proselytize the faith, inflaming tensions with the dozens of local Inuit nations. It seems conflict is inevitable...

But why, exactly, are you here?

Well, that's up to you to remember... or forget.