Part 3 shifts back to the present setting. Miyax is still alone on the tundra. Her house has been crushed, and her carefully constructed icebox has been ripped into. She sees Jello, who is the culprit, and bites his nose to assert her dominance. Miyax then sets about repairing her belongings. She ties her materials into a sled to pull behind her and heads on her way toward Point Hope.

As she walks, Miyax believes something is watching her. She takes a rabbit from a wolverine and stores it for later, but something then steals it from her when she is not looking. Feeling isolated, Miyax sings to herself, recalling Amaroq and promising, “I shall love because of you” (116). She sees a star, “the first of the year” (118), which is notable but also another sign that winter is coming. The wolves make noise, and Miyax is assured that they are nearby.

Jello reappears, surprising Miyax. He grabs her pack and runs off with it. She is devastated, fearing the loss of her tools, boots, and other essential items as much as the loss of her food. She marvels at “how beautiful and precious” her basic items were, and at how the “old Eskimos were scientists too,” with their ingenuity (121).