History is repeating itself on hundred years later on Alaska's breathtaking Inside Passage. Re-creating the famous Voyage of 1897 the Spirit of '98 is setting sail from Skagway Alaska en route to Seattle Washington carrying two tons of Yukon gold. Alaska State Trooper Alex Jensen and his love famous female "musher" Jessie Arnold are among the excited participants. The Grim Reaper is a passenger as well. Dressed in period coustoume Gold Rush buff Alex Jensen is only too happy to be representing the Troopers on this historic journey through a giant maze of scenic straits harbors and inlets. But the strange disappearance -- and probable death -- of a crew member pulls Alex rudely back to the present. As the only law officer in the vicinity it is now his duty to unravel a twisted skein of lies greed and lethal shipboard secrets -- before the Spirit's fateful encounter with murderers abroad a stolen ketch writes a grim new chapter in Alaska's history.
