Great Bear Lake is the place where the title of Great Bear Lake is based. It's where polar bears, black bears, and grizzly bears gather to celerbrate the Longest Day. Paw Print Island is located in the middle of Great Bear Lake.
At Great Bear Lake, Toklo is sent to swim out to Paw Print Island and stay there until the end of the longest day to prove to Arcturus that they deserve fish. Later that day, Shoteka comes and him and Toklo fight. Toklo wins and proves to himself he is strong. He then catches food and scratches a tree to make it his territory.
Kallik comes down to Great Bear Lake and meets some of Nanuk's friends. She explains how she died. She gets hungry so she goes out to the lake and starts fishing. She catches a fish, but just as she begins to eat it, a huge polar bear rams into her. She then finds out it is Taqqiq and she tells him who she is, but he is mean now. Taqqiq and his friends run into the forest to start war. Kalik runs for help and finds Lusa.
At the same time, Lusa enters the forest and meets Miki, Pokkoli, and Taloa. They all search for food together. Then the forest it attack by three Polar Bears, Salik, Iqaluk, and Kalliks brother, Taqqiq. They steal Miki to start a war to win over the forest for polar bears. Lusa then swims out to Paw Print Island to find Toklo and convice him to help her, but he must stay there. Lusa then finds Kallik.
Toklo, Lusa, Kallik, and the polar bear Ujurak come up with a plan. Toklo fights Salik while Ujurak fights Iqaluk. Kallik finds Taqqiq and speaks with him. She finally converts him to their side. Lusa ran to get Miki and brought him back to the forest.
After Toklo, Kallik, Lusa, and Ujurak win, Taqqiq stops his friends. They head off on their journey again with their new companion, Taqqiq. Lusa tries to convince Miki to come with him but he doesn't agree to go. They head off, all five of them, on their journey.