Lærerinden Eva får sig en overraskelse, da hun aflægger sin kæreste et besøg på Grønland. Han har nemlig hygget sig med en lokal sygeplejerske, så Eva flygter nordover, hvor hun møder en brav udstedsbestyrer, Jens. Han leder efter den udstødte grønlænder Pavia, der i skam vandrer omkring i fjeldene som en 'qivitoq'.

A young teacher, Eva Nygaard, arrives in Greenland from Denmark to surprise her fiance, the Doctor Erik Halsøe, but is crushed to find he has not waited for her and he is about to be married to his assisting nurse. Eva travels to a small fishing village to await the next ship back to Denmark. There she enters into a tense and often confrontational relationship with Jens, a quiet moody Dane who manages a trading company outpost. Meanwhile, Jens is trying to persuade a Greenlander named Pavia to become a company fisherman, despite Pavia's fear of alienating his fellow villagers and upsetting the spirit, Qivitoq.

Фильм из жизни гренландских эскимосов. В центре фильма - история молодой девушки, случайно попавшей в заброшенный рыбацкий поселок, встретившей здесь интересных и хороших людей, нашедшей свое счастье и оставшейся здесь навсегда.