Polar explorers were the astronauts of their day, literally stepping off the edge of the map and into the unknown.
― WP Hanekom

Images from Activ Expeditions, who are currently filming footage for The North Water 
(you may remember an advert they put out for extras/crew earlier this year)

From their Facebook page on the 6th September 2019:

Welcome to Svalbard

We are now docked in Longyearbyen, from where current arctic adventures will take place!
Our long journey through the Atlantic has brought us all the way up to Svalbard, where we will be the Hero Ship in the shooting of a TV-Series called The North Water - do not miss it! It is taking place in the pack-ice of the Polar Sea, north of 80deg. The story of the 1852 whaler named the “Volunteer” (Aka Activ) is based on the prize winning novel by Ian McGuire, the North Water.
In a week, we will be sailing north into a white world with a production crew/cast that has for the most part not ever been in these latitudes. We can’t wait to experience how it will feel to be surrounded by the icy waters and its hairy inhabitants - that require armed watch on deck. In the meantime, the ships crew are turning into whalers of a time gone by. Daily chores are now hardships of rowing, (fictional) harpooning and flensing of whales, to name only a few! Follow us to discover with the crew the beauty of the landscape and the drastic changes of scenery!

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Expedition by Max Steksov