The Viking (1931)

Originally called White Thunder American producer Varick Frissells 1931 film was inspired by his love for the Canadian Arctic Circle Set in a beautifully blackandwhite filmed Newfoundland it is the story of a rivalry between two seal hunters that plays out on the ice floes during a hunt Unsatisfied with the first cut Frissell arranged for the crew to accompany an actual Newfoundland seal hunt on The SS Viking on which an explosion of dynamite carried regularly at the time on Arctic ships to combat ice jams killed many members of the crew including Frissell The film was renamed in honor of the dead