Two generations after "Dream in Polar Fog," two Americans set out to search for the lost world of their grandfather. But Chukotka has changed dramatically. An inexplicable fascination has connected Robert and Susan Carpenter with the distant yet inaccessible land of the Chukchi across the Bering Strait since their childhood. Their grandfather had lived there as a trader until the revolution came. Their Chukchi grandmother, who also emigrated to Alaska, told them a thousand stories about life in the Jaranga and in the tundra. And what about the mysterious drawing left behind by their grandfather? Susan is convinced that it is a clue to a gold treasure that he left behind during his hasty departure and could not recover. When Perestroika begins, they embark on a journey to the land of their ancestors.