阿拉伯大陆板块的突然移动，引发了强烈的大地震，同时带来了海啸，这样的威力不仅摧毁了附近执行任务的战斗机，甚至掀翻了航空母舰。剧烈的大陆移动也导致天气变得越来越不稳定，尤其是夜幕降临时温度急剧下降，寒冷突然来袭，全球陷入一片恐慌与混乱之中。美国琼斯一家此时正在埃及度假，逢此浩劫的琼斯试图逃往安全的区域，希望有人能帮助他们一家度过此次劫难。地球再次迎来一个新的冰河时代，狮身人面像、金字塔、撒哈拉沙漠都覆盖在皑皑白雪之中。When sudden and massive earthquakes open the Arabian tectonic plate, the result is unstable weather and freezing temperatures that will be unsurvivable by nightfall. Attempting to reach safety, a vacationing American family in Egypt, the Jones', must battle the rapidly cooling temperatures that usher in a new Ice Age, covering the Sphinx, Pyramids, and Sahara Desert with mountains of snow.