Renowned Canadian cinematographer, Richard Stringer's documentary tells the story of his grandfather, Isaac O. Stringer, an adventurous Anglican missionary in the Arctic at the turn of the century. Stringer later became Bishop of the Yukon and moved to Dawson City with his wife, Sadie. On one of his many walking tours over his vast diocese, he and a companion got lost in an early winter storm. They ran out of food and had to stew their spare moccasins to stay alive. Isaac Stringer became know as “The Bishop Who Ate His Boots”!

Richard’s grandparents were very unique people living in controversial and adventurous times. The film shows Richard’s quest to learn as much as possible about them, working with the movies, still photos, and detailed diaries of Isaac Stringer. After years of filming documentaries on such subjects as native housing in the North and Canadian Finns in Russia during the 1930s, Richard Stringer turned to his family history for his last film.