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The North Water

The North Water tells the story of Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as ship's doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic. On board he meets Henry Drax, the harpooner, a brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world. 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.

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Cast & Crew See All

Jack O'Connell
Patrick Sumner
Colin Farrell
Henry Drax
Sam Spruell
Cavendish

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Behold the Man

Thu, Jul 15, 202159 mins

Captain Brownlee is recruiting and preparing for an Arctic whaling voyage from Hull to a Highland island port, which only he and stingy financier Baxter know is meant as a front for ship insurance fraud. Harpoonist Henry Drax, the third scoundrel in the know, is thrown out of the harbor pub, having spent his last money on whores, but hopes to help himself to more cash ransacking the room of the new ship surgeon, Patrick Sumner, whom they found self-drugged on laudanum till the innkeeper had him ousted. Irishman Sumner's crooked leg and opium pipe bitterly refer to his traumatic past in the colonial Indian army, which still arouses chilling nightmares.

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Awards

  • 2021 - HMMA Award - Best Original Song/Score - Trailer - nominated
  • 2022 - Satellite Award - Best Miniseries & Limited Series - nominated
  • 2022 - Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Miniseries, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television - nominated
  • 2022 - Canadian Screen Award - Best Visual Effects - nominated

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