In 2003 Pat Garber, fifty-three years old and seeking escape from a heart-breaking loss, set out on a journey. She drove from the Adirondack Mountains of New York to Buffalo, where she caught a bus to Toronto, Ontario, and then an airplane to St. John's, Newfoundland. This is where the real trek began, as she made her way across the province, exploring and engaging with the local residents, till she reached and took a ferry to Labrador. She then hitchhiked up the Trans-Labrador Highway, following the coast for as far as the road went. Upon reaching the little Metis village of Cartwright, she boarded the Northern Ranger, a freight boat which delivered groceries and supplies to remote Inuit and Innu villages; communities which basked under the northern lights. Along the way she met wonderful people, had extraordinary experiences, and encountered a strange mystery. "Beneath the Northern Lights" is the story, in her words, of this heart-rending, heart-warming journey.