Today, seven new images have been released from BBC Two's new five-part drama The North Water, based on Ian McGuire's critically acclaimed novel.
Adapted by Andrew Haigh and made by See-Saw Films for the BBC, The North Water was announced back in 2017 and 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.
But the ferocity of the elements is matched by the violence of his crewmates, with Drax, a harpooner and distinctly brutal force of nature.
As the true purpose of the expedition becomes clear, the confrontation between the two men erupts, taking them on a journey far from solid ground and beyond the safe moorings of civilisation.
Set in Hull and on the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s, The North Water’s location work took place primarily in the Arctic, shooting on the frozen seas north of the Svalbard Archipelago.
The cast and production team sailed as far as 81 degrees north to film sequences in the pack ice, the furthest point north it is believed a drama series has ever filmed before.
The new photos released today, feature Jack O’Connell as Patrick Sumner, Colin Farrell as Henry Drax, and Stephen Graham as Captain Brownlee, alongside Tom Courtenay as Baxter, seen here in character for the first time. The North Water also stars Peter Mullan, Sam Spruell and Roland Møller.
The North Water will air this autumn on BBC Two