Thomas, a 25-year-old widower, struggles to raise his infant son, Peter, alone after his wife dies in childbirth. Burdened by debt and living in a trailer, he barely survives until social services takes Peter away, citing unfit conditions. Desperate, Thomas nearly kills himself working on a dangerous Alaskan crab fishing boat to earn enough to reunite with his son.

After surviving a sabotaged shipwreck, hypothermia, and days stranded on an island, Thomas returns—only to learn Peter’s biological father, Travis, has claimed him. Devastated but selfless, Thomas gives Travis his hard-earned money for Peter’s cancer treatment, accepting the boy may never be his again. But in a twist of redemption, Travis and Peter choose to follow Thomas to Alaska, forging a new family from the wreckage of loss. Themes: Sacrificial love, resilience, and redefining family.