Six breathtaking stories of men in extreme situations confronting nature. Two men in the inhospitable tundra of northern America, surrounded by hungry wolves, fight for their lives. In the mountains of Japan around 1920, an old hunter tracks the bear that killed his son. A marine biologist seeks to explore the mythical graveyard of whales. The nature of these tales is wild and hostile or comforting and protective, always marked by grand intensity. Jiro Taniguchi is one of the most famous Japanese manga authors and has already received numerous awards in both the East and West.