Ted Brooks (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is a dentist out of Miami, who received a surprising but sad notice that his biological mother had passed away. The good news is that his mother mentioned him on her will. With great expectations Ted takes of to Alaska to claim his inheritance. However, when he arrives, he comes to find out that all his mother has left behind is her property and a pack of snow dogs. Ted tries his best to warm up to these dogs and decides to keep them, which turns out to be quite an adventure and lots of work. He even decides on racing the dogs in the big Arctic Challenge.