The North Water (2021)

07/14/2021 (CA) • 50m

Drama, Mystery

Those who journey here will find only themselves.

Overview

Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.

Top Billed Cast

Colin Farrell

Henry Drax

5 Episodes

Jack O'Connell

Patrick Sumner

5 Episodes


Last Season

Miniseries

2021 | 5 Episodes

Season 1 of The North Water premiered on July 14, 2021.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

based on novel or book

opium

drug addiction

psychopath

murder

marooned

whaling

north pole

irishman

ex soldier

19th century

ship's doctor

eskimo

arctic

ex army surgeon

harpooner

1850s

war flashback

laudanum

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