Per Olof Sundman

The Swedish 19th century engineer Salomon August Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, "The Eagle", takes off from Svalbard in 1897, but the three men are never heard from again.

A policeman and a teacher go after a desperado in northern Sweden.

A misunderstanding between some hunters leads to an extraordinary, mysterious hunt in the mountainous landscape of Lapland.