The Karluk Expedition of 1913 was to be a grand scientific journey to the high Arctic, the most comprehensive polar research ever undertaken. Instead, the Karluk's team of scientists, hard-luck crewmen, one Inuit family and ship's cat soon became stuck. Shipwrecked and marooned on a heaving ocean of ice, they would see death, deprivation, injury, illness, deceit - even murder - during their agonizing year-long fight for survival.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| JJim ThalheimerNarrator | Narrator |
| BBenoit AlainBjarne Mamen | Bjarne Mamen |
| WWade Kingdon"Clam" | "Clam" |
| SSandy ManiapikKataktovik | Kataktovik |
 Solomon AwaKuraluk | Kuraluk |
| KKilabuk Ipeelie"Auntie" Kiruk | "Auntie" Kiruk |
| NNala KunukMugpi | Mugpi |
| SScott JohnsonVilhjalmur Stefansson | Vilhjalmur Stefansson |
| JJohn MatthewsAlistair Forbes Mackay | Alistair Forbes Mackay |
| TTerry DobbinJohn Munro | John Munro |
| RRobert McKoenErnest Chafe's voice | Ernest Chafe's voice |
| JJoseph HessRobert Templeman | Robert Templeman |
| LLlyn StuartRobert Bartlett's voice | Robert Bartlett's voice |
| MMark HerfindahlBjarne Mamen's voice | Bjarne Mamen's voice |
| MMatthew KlosterVilhjalmur Stefansson's voice | Vilhjalmur Stefansson's voice |
| RRyan AshFred Maurer's voice | Fred Maurer's voice |
| RRobert BillardRobert Bartlett | Robert Bartlett |
| RRobert BillardWilliam Laird McKinlay | William Laird McKinlay |