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      • Yes. The Netflix movie is based on Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen's own account of his polar expedition to North Greenland, which he wrote about in his book, originally titled Two Against the Ice: A Classic Arctic Survival Story and a Remarkable Account of Companionship in the Face of Adversity.
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  1. Feb 22, 2022 · Yes. The Netflix movie is based on Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen's own account of his polar expedition to North Greenland, which he wrote about in his book, originally titled Two Against the Ice: A Classic Arctic Survival Story and a Remarkable Account of Companionship in the Face of Adversity.

  2. Mar 2, 2022 · In the early 1890s, American explorer Robert Peary —best known for his quest to reach the North Pole —asserted that part of northeast Greenland was totally separated from the rest of the island by...

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  3. Mar 7, 2022 · Mikkelsen and Iversen, are both real historical Danish figures. Mikkelsen was an experienced Arctic explorer before the events of the film, having already been on expeditions to Greenland, Alaska, and the North Pole. The unlikely backstory of his partner, Iver Iversen, is also true.

  4. Against the Ice is a 2022 historical survival film directed by Peter Flinth and written by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Joe Derrick, based on the true story recounted in Two Against the Ice by Ejnar Mikkelsen.

  5. Mar 2, 2022 · Yes, ‘Against the Ice’ is based on a true story. It is adapted from ‘Two Against the Ice,’ the memoir of researcher Ejnar Mikkelsen, who led a Danish rescue mission to Greenland, called the Alabama Expedition, from 1909-12.

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  6. Mar 4, 2022 · Against the Ice is based on the real-life expedition of two Danish explorers Ejnar Mikkelsen and Iver Iversen. The fight for control of Greenland in the early 20th century hinged on the existence or otherwise of the Peary Channel, an alleged water body discovered by Robert Peary that divided the land into two.

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  8. Feb 28, 2022 · In 1909, Danish polar explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen set out on a mission to recover the lost maps and journals of a doomed Arctic expedition to the northeast coast of Greenland. But it would take him three years for him to make it back home.

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