Nuclear tests are increasing in size and bombers and spy planes are flying further north. The United States is increasing its activities in Greenland, while the Soviet Union is opening a nuclear test site to the north. Escalating espionage is leading to border and airspace violations in Finland. Due to the increased threat of attack, Norway is strengthening its defense lines in the north and increasing the number of soldiers. Sweden is seen as a potential future nuclear weapons state. It also has the fourth-strongest air force in the world.

East and West fail in their attempts to limit the threat posed by nuclear weapons. The Soviet Union increases missile activity on the Kola Peninsula. The United States builds an extensive nuclear weapons network under the ice and prepares for a Soviet attack with a plan to drop thousands of nuclear weapons. The Nordic countries are also on the list of nuclear targets. The superpower race causes destruction in the Arctic nature and claims human lives in space. Finland is pressured into military cooperation and President Kekkonen's role is also suspected abroad. Norway tries to make amends with the loose Soviet Union.