The song is about Allan Gordon, a Scotish man who was trapped on an iceberg for seven years after his whaling ship wrecked in 1757. The ship sank, resurfaced, and froze in place onto a ledge of the iceberg. Being the sole survivor of the whole ordeal, Gordon lived in his icey imprisonment for seven years, surviving on fish and the freshwater trapped in the iceberg. Also, Gordon claimed to have tamed an orphaned polar bear (no joke) who he trianed to hunt fish for him. Gordon was finally rescued 1764.
The song is about Allan Gordon, a Scotish man who was trapped on an iceberg for seven years after his whaling ship wrecked in 1757. The ship sank, resurfaced, and froze in place onto a ledge of the iceberg. Being the sole survivor of the whole ordeal, Gordon lived in his icey imprisonment for seven years, surviving on fish and the freshwater trapped in the iceberg. Also, Gordon claimed to have tamed an orphaned polar bear (no joke) who he trianed to hunt fish for him. Gordon was finally rescued 1764.