The Search for the Northwest Passage

The Search for the Northwest Passage

130 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | March 24, 2005

A look at the search for the fabled Northwest passage, the legendary path through the ice across the Canadian Arctic, and the attempts made by wealthy British explorer Sir John Franklin and penniless Norwegian Roald Amundsen.

The Search for the Northwest Passage

130 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | March 24, 2005

The Search for the Northwest Passage
A look at the search for the fabled Northwest passage, the legendary path through the ice across the Canadian Arctic, and the attempts made by wealthy British explorer Sir John Franklin and penniless Norwegian Roald Amundsen.
Producers Channel 4 Television
Original title The Search for the Northwest Passage
Directors Louise Osmond
Writers

Cast

Colin Tierney

as Narrator

Maureen Bennett

as Lady Jane Franklin

Richard Betts

as Joe

Kåre Conradi

as Roald Amundsen

Thom Fell

as James Fitzjames

Anthony Gardner

as Sir John Franklin

John Geiger

as Himself

Darri Ingolfsson

as Godfred Hansen

Bohdan Poraj

as Captain Francis Crozier

Christian Rubeck

as Gustav Wiik