The story unfolds in 1953, centering on a bush pilot operating out of Yellowknife who accepts what seems like a standard job within the Queen Maud Gulf region—now part of Nunavut. Following a crash that leaves him stranded with an unwell Inuk girl, their prospects for survival appear bleak. James Cromwell portrays the pilot’s employer in Yellowknife. “The Snow Walker,” released in 2004, is a survival film directed…