Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal canine, Snowy, are thrust into a global of high journey after they discover a ship sporting an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-antique mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of stealing a valuable treasure. Tintin and Snowy, with the help of salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock and bumbling detectives, Thompson and Thomson, tour half the sector, one step beforehand of their enemies, as Tintin endeavors to locate the Unicorn, a sunken ship that may maintain a tremendous fortune, but additionally an historic curse.