Two static shots of extremely rough stretch of ice in the Canadian Arctic. Several TRAVELLING SHOTs of icy expanses, of stretches of new ice, strips of bright sky or cloud at horizon in some shots. Shots of rough ice surface reflecting sunrise. HAS of broken ice. HAS of ice chunks in propellor wash. Shots of ice being broken by the American oil tanker, the S.S. Manhattan, alongside hull; ice cracking as the ship moves along.