Imagine the Arctic as a living tomb: two ironclad ships, HMS Erebus and Terror, frozen solid in 1840s ice, their crews starving, scurvy-ravaged, and hunted by… something.  Jared Harris’s haunted Captain Crozier wrestles whiskey demons and command as rations dwindle; Ciarán Hinds’s stoic Sir John Franklin clings to Victorian hubris until the ice cracks it wide open. Then comes Tuunbaq—a mythic polar bear the size of nightmares, all sinew and fury—ripping through men like paper.

Dan Simmons’s novel gets a frostbitten glow-up: creaking timbers groan like dying whales, lantern-lit faces flicker with dread, and every crunch of snow under boot could be your last. The horror’s not just supernatural; it’s lead-poisoned tins, mutiny whispers, and the soul-crushing silence of endless white.

Ten episodes on AMC+ that’ll leave your blood iced. History’s darkest expedition, retold with teeth-chattering brilliance.

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