An environmental activist is missing after he broke into the seed bank on Svalbard. When the police end the search, investigator Max Grosz must take up the hunt.

While Max and Thea work hard to make the partnership work, a German tourist is found killed by a polar bear.

Someone has tampered with the seed in the seed bank in Svalbard. The trail for Victor leads towards Brussels, but Thea would rather send Max to hospital.