Private eye Varg Veum is on a routine mission searching for his client Jonas Andresen's stolen car. The car is found having been used in a brutal robbery and not long after that the client himself turns up dead.

An international oil drilling company hires private investigator Varg Veum to find their missing systems designer, Arne Samuelsen. Varg discovers the headless body of a woman jammed into the fridge in Arne's apartment - and is promptly knocked unconscious. When he wakes up the body is gone and the Police has arrived.

在20实际80年代初，挪威的石油产业逐渐开始繁荣。当局在北海发现巨大的石油“储存仓”，希望在地下安装500米的管道，把资源引上来唯己使用。皮特（阿卡塞尔·亨涅）刚好是这么一位潜水人才。他痴迷于潜海，敢于接受世界上最危险的任务。但正当他准备执行这项新工作时，一个意外改编了故事的走向。从此，深海探险成为亡命旅程，危险不断靠近，他的生命危在旦夕。