简介：TVreporterandformerstarathleteMickeyAlmoniscoveringaWorldathleticeventinMoscowwhenheisarrestedbytheKGBafterbeingapproachedbyascientistwantinghimtosmugglesecretinformationoutoftheSovietUnion.AlmonisimprisonedandinterrogatedoverseveraldaysbyprisonofficialBukovskywhoultimatelyforceshimtoconfesstobeingaspyfortheUnitedStates.Thoughpromisedwithreleasefordoingso,AlmonisinsteadtransportedtoarailwaystationandplacedaboardatrainonaStolypinprisoncarwithotherpoliticalprisonersboundforalaborcampneartheArcticCircle. Afterarriving,Almonmeetsafellowforeignprisoner,asarcasticEnglishmanwhoteacheshimhowtosurvivethebrutallifeofthecamp.Intime,afterlearningthathisultimatefateinthecampwilleventuallybedeaththroughhazardouslabor,AlmonandtheEnglishmanconspiretogethertoplotanescapetoNorway.…