I thought it would show more everyday life and techniques on a whaling ship. [spoiler] You can see them chasing and killing a whale, and hauling it to the side, where they break it up, and the big boiling of fat to render into oil. [/spoiler] The drama of the story was well acted, and life at the frozen north was interesting, but more could have been shown of the Inuit life. Probably not there in the book, I wouldn't know. The ending was tense, but the postscript scene was a little light in substance - I wanted to have a deeper resolution for the character. What I did like about was the examination of religious expression, the enlightened view of the protagonist on native life, and the c19th psychology of deviancy, compared to how we would categorise it today. 7/10
Coming to BBC on the 10th September.