Vinland Saga (2019)

S1E12 The Land on the Far Bank

Askeladd and his crew push onward to evade Thorkell, but their journey is interrupted at the Severn River. Askeladd gives a letter to a ferry operator, an elderly man, instructing him to take it across the river without delay. Upon hearing the name of the recipient, the old man quickly sets off in his boat.