It starts off with a group of men talking to an Inuit man about a missing Royal Navy expedition.
It then flashbacks to the expedition of two ships. Sir John Franklin (Ciaran Hinds) commander of the Erebus. Captain Francis Crozier (Jared Harris) commander of the Terror. Third in command James Fitzjames (Tobias Menzies.)
Something unexpected happens when a member of the crew starts to cough blood and the ship's medic cannot ascertain what is wrong with him. The crew member dies but he hallucinates before he dies.
On the other ship, a diver sees the ghost of a dead crew member who fell to his death come towards him.
The first episode was very atmospheric with a sense of doom. The money was spent on the screen.
However it was slow going but it certainly had a sense of foreboding eeriness.
I do think I may have to revisit the first episode later on. It might have contained things I might have missed the first time.
It then flashbacks to the expedition of two ships. Sir John Franklin (Ciaran Hinds) commander of the Erebus. Captain Francis Crozier (Jared Harris) commander of the Terror. Third in command James Fitzjames (Tobias Menzies.)
Something unexpected happens when a member of the crew starts to cough blood and the ship's medic cannot ascertain what is wrong with him. The crew member dies but he hallucinates before he dies.
On the other ship, a diver sees the ghost of a dead crew member who fell to his death come towards him.
The first episode was very atmospheric with a sense of doom. The money was spent on the screen.
However it was slow going but it certainly had a sense of foreboding eeriness.
I do think I may have to revisit the first episode later on. It might have contained things I might have missed the first time.