The March of the White Guard

In the frozen reaches of the Canadian north, a remote Hudson’s Bay Company post buzzes with uneasy anticipation. Chief Factor Field wrestles with a desperate plea from a distant wife whose famed engineer husband vanished while charting the treacherous Coppermine and Barren Grounds, leaving no word for months. With supplies thin and relations with the local peoples fragile, the fort must decide whether to mount a perilous rescue mission into an unforgiving wilderness.

Enter sub‑factor Jaspar Hume, a former Scots Guard whose steady intelligence makes him the only man the factor trusts to organize such an undertaking. As Hume pores over the woman’s heartfelt letter, he balances duty, danger, and the hope of bringing a lost expedition home. Listeners will be drawn into the stark beauty of the Arctic landscape and the moral calculus of leadership, where every decision could mean life or death for those who venture beyond the ice.