The young Dutch geologist Alfred Issendorf is determined to win fame for making a great discovery.
Unable to procure crucial aerial photographs, and beset by mosquitoes and insomnia in his freezing leaky tent, Alfred becomes increasingly despera.
To this end he joins a small geological expedition, which travels to the far North of Norway, where he hopes to prove a series of craters were caused by meteorites, but ultimately realizes he\'s more likely to drown in a fjord or be eaten by parasites.
The young Dutch geologist Alfred Issendorf is determined to win fame for making a great discovery