On a rare expedition, the crew went to the Canadian sub-arctic to document a pack of white arctic wolves and their pups near Great Slave Lake. The exclusive film footage was shot as Howe and Elstad traveled in a small pontoon plane, hopping from lake to lake in the tundra region. The Snow Wolves also gives viewers a close-up look at caribou, musk oxen, grizzly bears, and other creatures sharing the wolf's ecosystem. Though it addresses the wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone, the program is not meant to be controversial. It's done in a point-counterpoint style.
Viewers hear the ranchers' arguments, along with the environmental issues.
While it was relocated miles away in the park, the wolf returned days later to the same ranch and killed sheep. Though it was a rare case, the wolf had to be shot. Viewers also see the first documented wolf pups born in Yellowstone. If the success of the wolves continues, full recovery of the park's wolf population is projected by the year 2002. In one of its most poignant segments, the film features the Candy Kitchen Rescue Ranch in New Mexico, where wolves are rescued from abuse, neglect, or abandonment.