本片故事基于真实事件，一艘从科迪亚克岛出发的渔船，阿拉斯加号，遇到了风暴，还被巨浪击中。船员们感到这艘船即将倾覆，消逝在白令海。 Based on a true story of a fishing boat out of Kodiak, Alaska that encountered a storm and was hit by a rogue wave. The crew, believing that their vessel was about to capsize, abandoned ship in the Bering sea.