肃杀之夜,一架军用飞机坠毁南极大陆,机组人员全部身亡。 美国位于南极洲的阿蒙森·海斯科特科学研究基地,此时迎来一年一度的圣诞假期。已在此工作两年的美丽女警凯莉·斯泰德克(凯特·贝金赛尔 Kate Beckinsale 饰)正准备回国度假,但就在这一关头,研究站接到发现尸体的报告,凯莉只得和一队人马前往调查。他们在一座峭壁前发现一具死状凄惨的尸体,经过勘察,凯莉得知死者是一名来自英国科考队的地质学家,而他死亡的背后似乎另有隐情。是时,强烈的风暴即将来袭,凯莉不得不中止行程,马不停蹄调查这起案件,希望在风暴来袭前查到凶手。在这一过程中,隐藏已久的秘密也渐渐浮出水面……U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko is three days from the end of her tour at an international research station in Antarctica after which she'll resign. An incident from her past haunts her. The continent's first winter storm is coming when a body, wearing no gear, is discovered in the tundra. She investigates, soon finds more bodies, and must find a motive and a murderer before the storm and her departure. A U.N. agent, Robert Pryce, appears, seemingly out of nowhere, to help. An aging physician about to retire, a nervous mission chief, a downed Soviet plane, and the weather's deadly elements add to the story. Can Carrie trust Pryce and does she still have what it takes?