The news devastates Julie, but she accepts her fate and moves forward. One day, an old man from the seal camp comes to Martha’s house and reveals that Kapugen disappeared while on a seal hunt and is presumed dead. Miyax moves to Mekoryuk and assumes her American name, Julie. Before Miyax leaves, Kapugen tells her that if she ever needs to escape, she can marry his friend Naka’s son, Daniel. Afterward, Kapugen tells Miyax that she has to move back to Mekoryuk with Martha to enroll in a Bureau of Indian Affairs school. One day, Kapugen’s Aunt Martha arrives at the camp unannounced.
During the Bladder Feast celebration, an old priestess whom people call “ the bent woman” gives Miyax an i’noGo tied, a totem made from seal fur and blubber. At the camp, Miyax reconnects with nature and her Inuit culture. Miyax remembers moving with her father to an Inuit seal camp after her mother died, and she regards the years she spent there as the happiest time in her life. Part 2 is a series of flashbacks that chronicle Miyax’s life up until this point. Shortly after this setback, the wolves leave, and Miyax is alone once again. Miyax chases Jello away with a knife but knows the loss of meat could have a devastating effect on her chance of survival. One day, Miyax returns to her camp and finds Jello eating the meat she stored in a makeshift underground cellar. Still, Miyax remains wary of the approaching winter, knowing the tundra will be immersed in a months-long darkness in the near future. Miyax grows more optimistic that she will survive long enough to continue her journey toward Point Hope, where she plans to board a ship bound for San Francisco to visit her pen pal, Amy. The bond between Miyax and the wolves grows stronger, and Amaroq lets Miyax take meat from a freshly killed caribou.
However, Jello, the antisocial, lone wolf whom none of the others respect, repeatedly antagonizes Miyax. All the other wolves- Silver, the mother Nails, another adult male and the pups, Zing, Zat, Zit, and Sister-accept Miyax into their pack. Miyax becomes particularly friendly with one pup, whom she names Kapu, after Kapugen. Although the wolves ignore Miyax at first, she gradually wins them over by mimicking their behavior and learning how to convey respect, dominance, and submission. Miyax focuses on Amaroq, a black, regal wolf who is clearly the leader of the pack. Miyax vows to observe the wolves, gain their acceptance, and encourage them to share their food with her, too.
She spots some wolves nearby and remembers how her father, Kapugen, once told her about a pack of wolves that led him to a freshly killed caribou on one of his hunting trips. Miyax, a 13-year-old Inuk girl, finds herself starving, alone, and hopelessly lost after running away from Barrow, Alaska to escape an unhappy homelife.
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