The Search for the Northwest Passage

Overview

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.

Directed by Louise Osmond

Top cast

Colin Tierney

Narrator

Maureen Bennett

Lady Jane Franklin

Richard Betts

Joe

Kåre Conradi

Roald Amundsen

Thom Fell

James Fitzjames

A

Anthony Gardner

Sir John Franklin

J

John Geiger

Himself

Darri Ingolfsson

Godfred Hansen

Bohdan Poraj

Captain Francis Crozier

Christian Rubeck

Gustav Wiik

Details