Against the Ice

2022 · Movie · 102 min. · Iceland

Adventure Drama Based on True Stories Historical 1900s 1910s Survival Film Cold Weather

In 1909, Denmark's Alabama Expedition led by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen (Coster-Waldau) was attempting to disprove the United States' claim to North Eastern Greenland, a claim that was rooted in the idea that Greenland was broken up into two different pieces of land. Leaving their crew behind with the ship, Mikkelsen sleds across the ice with his inexperienced crew member, Iver Iversen (Joe Cole). The two men succeed in finding the proof that Greenland is one island, but returning to the ship takes longer and is much harder than expected. Battling extreme hunger, fatigue and a polar bear attack, they finally arrive to find their ship crushed in the ice and the camp abandoned.

Direction Peter Flinth

Cast Nikolaj Coster-Waldau · Joe Cole · Charles Dance · Sam Redford · Ed Speleers · Gísli Örn Garðarsson · Frankie Wilson · Diarmaid Murtagh · Heida Reed · Nick Jameson · Þorsteinn Bachmann