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Arctic expedition
The team behind the Netflix feature Against The Ice take us behind the scenes
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The explorers battle for survival against Greenland’s harsh environment and ferocious wildlife
B
ack in 1909, a Danish expedition set out on a dangerous journey across Greenland to counter US territorial claims and prove that the country was in fact one continuous island landmass.
In a great test of survival and friendship, Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen and one inexperienced crew member battled starvation, fatigue and polar bear attacks only to return and find the ship they arrived on destroyed and their camp abandoned.
Netflix has adapted Mikkelsen’s novel of these actual events into a new feature film, Against The Ice, directed by Peter Flinth (Wallander, Beatles). It is co-written, co-produced and stars Emmy-nominated
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones) and produced by Baltasar Kormákur (Everest, Adrift). BAFTA-nominated Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders) and Emmy-winning Charles Dance (The King’s Man) co-star.