In 1843, two ships of Her Majesty's Royal Navy, Erebus and Terror, disembarked on a journey to find the Northwest Passage through the Arctic and promptly disappeared. Aboard the ships, a combination of bad luck and hubristic decision-making sees them encased in pack ice and hunted relentlessly by an Inuk monster of legend, the Tuunbaq. Captain Crozier (Jared Harris) of the Terror urges that they should flee south as soon as possible, having survived an Antarctic expedition previously, but Captain Franklin (Ciaran Hinds) will not have it, until of course, it's far too late.
If you're feeling a little too warm and cozy, throw this on for a weekend. It doesn't emphasize the horror the way a movie would; at ten episodes, it has time to focus on the characters, to really make you feel for these men and how they suffered. And oh boy, do they. By episode 10, you'll know more about scurvy than you ever wanted. It used to be on Hulu but they took it off. You might have to search for a free copy, but it's worth a rental if you're going to binge it.
For added context, I also suggest the book The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky. It features an Inuk protagonist and goes much more into depth about their culture. It filled a lot of gaps for me while watching this.
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