The North Water: Part II – The White Silence (2026) is a stark, unflinching continuation of the brutal Arctic survival saga, expanding the icy world of the first series while delving deeper into the psychological toll left on those who endured it. It’s a tale of obsession, revenge, and the fragile line between man and beast—set once more against the merciless beauty of the polar north.
The story begins a few years after Patrick Sumner’s return from the doomed whaling voyage of the Volunteer. Living in self-imposed exile in a remote Scottish fishing village, Sumner struggles with recurring visions of the Arctic and of Henry Drax, the monstrous harpooner he left for dead. When a British naval officer arrives with evidence suggesting Drax survived—and is now leading a violent crew on a whaling and smuggling operation in uncharted polar waters—Sumner feels an irresistible pull back into the ice.
Haunted by unfinished business, Sumner signs on as surgeon aboard a government-chartered expedition to locate Drax and investigate reports of missing ships. The voyage takes them deep into a region known among whalers as the White Silence—a place where the sea is perpetually frozen, the air unnaturally still, and ships have been known to vanish without a trace. The further they go, the more the men begin to unravel under the isolation, superstition, and the creeping suspicion that something—human or otherwise—is stalking them.
As conditions worsen and rations run low, the crew fractures into factions. Sumner tries to hold them together while confronting the truth: his pursuit of Drax is as much about vengeance as justice. Flashbacks and fever dreams blur the line between memory and hallucination, as Sumner wonders whether he’s chasing Drax… or becoming him.
When they finally find signs of Drax’s camp, the revelation is worse than expected: he’s built a small empire in the ice, ruling over desperate men through fear and cruelty. The confrontation between Sumner and Drax unfolds in a whiteout storm—a violent, intimate clash that forces both men to face the darkness they’ve carried since the first voyage.
The North Water: Part II – The White Silence is a tense, visually stunning Arctic epic, filled with moral ambiguity, primal violence, and the suffocating quiet of endless snow. It’s not just a fight for survival—it’s a reckoning with the parts of the soul that may never thaw.