In 1896 stranden drie walvisvaarders in het noorden van Canada en zij zoeken onderdak bij een eskimostam. Na verloop van tijd voelen ze zich steeds meer thuis in het eskimodorp en ze introduceren drank, gokken en diefstal. Aanvankelijk accepteren de eskimo's dit allemaal, maar er ontstaat steeds meer weerstand tegen deze manier van leven en zij verlangen terug naar hun oude leven.
Nee, helaas is The White Dawn nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Philip Kaufman | Director |
| Writing | James Houston | Novel |
| Production | Caro Jones | Casting |
| Writing | Thomas Rickman | Screenplay |
| Sound | Henry Mancini | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Michael Chapman | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Douglas Day Stewart | Editor |
| Production | Martin Ransohoff | Producer |
| Writing | James Houston | Screenplay |
| Production | Don Guest | Associate Producer |
| Production | James Houston | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Martin Ransohoff | Adaptation |
| Directing | Jon Anderson | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tony Lucibello | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | William Maldonado | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Pete Horner | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | James J. Klinger | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Richard Lightstone | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Henry Millar Jr. | Special Effects |
| Camera | Kenneth Post | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Tim Griffith | Lighting Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcel Carpenter | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Editing | Harvey Stambler | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Don Carmody | Location Manager |
| Crew | Craig R. Baxley | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Paul Baxley | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Mickey Gilbert | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Scheiwiller | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard Washington | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Waters | Stunts |
