Interior shots of galley, cooks, at Hi-tower camp. Shots of men looking at TV. MCUs of faces. Cut to videotape playback and PAN to TV monitor. Shots of men writing letters. PAN to two men relaxing in their bunks. Short sequence on men playing shuffleboard. ELS of camp at Malloch Dome, Ellef Ringnes Island in Nunavut, frozen haste, diffuse sun at horizon. ELSs of Hi-tower camp on frozen plain. Shots of camp at Pat Bay, Lougheed Island in Nunavut, in blizzard, tractor in motion in blizzard. Sequence on men building a tent camp on barrens in summer near the Coppermine River, fitting tent over wooden framework, helicopter arriving and blowing canvas off frame.