In 1757, Scottish sailor Bruce Gordon found himself marooned on a drifting ice sheet after his ship was destroyed by icebergs off the coast of Greenland. His crewmates were killed by polar bears, and Gordon was left alone with limited rations, an icy landscape, and constant danger. Armed with nothing more than a carving knife, he managed to kill one of the bears that attacked him. But instead of fleeing from the next one — a cub — he took it in and raised it for protection and companionship. Ove