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Partings and fracturing alliances are the themes in The Ladder . Quick recap: Lieutenant Gore got done in by what we re assuming is a bear, and the Inuit man who seems to have had some measure of influence over an unknown force which lives on the tundra. That was definitely a bad vibe, but any horror and ghost story aficionado knows the real damage comes at the top of this episode.
Rule one of any horror-adjacent scenario is you don t mess with talismans, icons, runes, or creepy little handmade dolls. Invariably, you re either calling down some kind of wrath from The Great Beyond or destroying whatever protection they ve been providing against said wrath from The Great Beyond. Multiply that by treating a body with disdain for local customs and you re sealing your own fate.
In bitter cold and across treacherous icy seas, brave 19th century explorers ventured to the tip of the earth in search of a fabled route that would open up trade. For those who set out in simple vessels in search of the Northwest Passage, there was the prospect of fame and fortune if they found it, shame if they failed and, for some, most dreadful ending of them all. On Wednesday, a new Ridley Scott drama based on an ill-fated 1845 expedition will transport viewers to a frozen hell of 300ft icebergs and -40⁰ temperatures, with two missing ships and the determined search to find their lost crew.