'You should never think you can never make it. You should always believe there'll be a way," said one explorer to another while travelling 1,450km across a bone-chilling climate in a historical expedition.
Written by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and directed by Peter Flinth, Against The Ice is a survival drama based on the true story of a Danish Arctic expedition in 1909. It tells the tale of Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen (Coster-Waldau), a Danish explorer who sets off on an expedition to Greenland. Besides his inexperienced crew member Iver Iversen (Joe Cole), Ejnar left the rest of his crew with the ship to embark on a journey across the ice in an attempt to disprove the United States' claim to northeast Greenland under the belief that it would be split into two pieces of land. Over a period of several years, Ejnar and Iver contend with the harsh conditions of the Arctic and dwindling food supplies. Both men battle extreme hunger, fatigue and even polar bear attacks. Soon, their mental hold on reality and trust starts to fade as they struggle to survive.
