The North Atlantic, between Iceland and Greenland: in the middle of a storm, a Special Forces helicopter boards a trawler on the run and arrests two fishermen suspected of raping and murdering a little girl named Anika.
Jökulsarlon glacial lagoon, southeast Iceland: police divers discover three corpses after an iceberg collapses.
Against a backdrop of political corruption in Iceland, Denmark, and Greenland, these two investigations gradually move closer to the inner circle of Kornelius Jakobson, Iceland's controversial "best cop", who has resigned but can't seem to exorcise his angst despite participating in strongman competitions and singing a cappella renditions of the majestic "Krummavisur" : the song of starving crows.