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Truman took a bite|out of Dewey a couple years ago.

- Notice the scar above Dewey's eye?|- Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Well, they've been|buddies ever since, so...

Back here, last but not least,|we got the two malamutes.

The gray one's Shadow|and the red one's his buddy, Buck.

All brawn and absolutely no brain.|But we love 'em.

- Everyone good to go this morning?|- Yeah, l think so.

l was just being introduced|to Maya, Old Jack,

Shorty, Max, Truman,|Dewey, Shadow and Buck.

- Excellent.|- Jer?

- Be careful out there, OK?|- Always.

Take care of Cooper for me.

Don't worry. l'll give him|plenty of food and water.

OK, enough. Are we done?

I'd like a picture of our|intrepid explorers, please. Thank you.

All right. Hang on!

OK.

OK, you ready?

Uno, dos, tres.

Handsome. So handsome.

Hey, Coop. You'd better get up here|and say goodbye to Buck.

Oh, yeah?

All right, uh, see you, Buck!

Safe... Safe trip, Buck.

No. Come over and say goodbye.|You're gonna give him a complex.

And what about my complex?

Come around... Come say goodbye to him.

l'm... l'm pretty sure he heard me|say goodbye, Jer. l don't...

OK. I don't know why you do this.

OK.

See ya, Buck.

All right. You, uh...

You take care of the doctor|and, uh, Jerry, OK?

Oh! Oh! Nasty!

Oh! That was disgusting!

l got dog spit all in my mouth|and my nose!

lt's not funny.

l don't see what's so funny.

All right.|Take care, guys. We'll see you.

- Bye.|- See ya.

All right, team!|Last hike of the season!

Let's go! Hike! Hike!

Come on, Jack! Come on, Old Jack!

Let's go, Maya! Come on, girl!

Whoa! Whoa!

Whoa! Whoa!

What's the problem?

We got ice fields up ahead.|l don't know how thick the ice is.

That's why we couldn't take|the snowmobiles. Look.

So, what do we do?

l'm gonna change things up.

Put the dogs|in a fan formation for safety.

lt's a little slower,|but it spreads the weight out.

That way if one of the dogs|falls through the ice,

the lead's long enough|so the rest don't follow.

Hike!

Hey, doc.

- You see that over there?|- What is that?

Here.

You see 'em?

- I see 'em. What are they?|- Leopard seals.

More leopard than seal, if you ask me.

- Give 'em a wide birth?|- Yeah, we'll give 'em some space.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Whoa, kids! Whoa!

- What was that?|- We're on a glacier now.

We're gonna have to|take her slow, doc. Get off.

l want you to take the brake.|You're gonna run the sled. All right?

Heavy brake.

Follow my footprints.|Keep the sled on my footprints.

- l'll probe ahead.|- Got it.

This glacier's always moving,|so we have to be careful.

All right, doc. Keep two feet|on the brake if you need to.

- Just keep a steady go, all right?|- All right.

All right, kids, come on! Easy, now!

Nice and easy. Let's go.

All right, stop! Stop!

All right, hard brake, right there!

We got a crevasse right here.

l'm not sure how big it is,|so we're gonna go around. OK.

We're gonna bring it over this way.|Slow and easy.

l'm gonna call Maya over,

and then l just want you|to let up ever so lightly, all right?

- All right, got it.|- All right, Maya, haw! Haw!

Haw! Haw!

Max, what are you doing?

Max, no. Haw!

Max! Stop! Stop, Max! Doc, stop!

No!

Hold on, doc!

Doc! Put both hands on the sled!|Both hands on the sled, doc!

Hike! Come on, Jack, take it home!

Come on, Maya, take her home!

Come on! Hike!

Oh, man!

You OK?

Yeah.

Do me a favor.

Next time you decide to go to Melbourne,|don't pack so much stuff.

And try coming a bit earlier.

Andy said the trip was fine.|You agreed to go.

Andy's my boss. l do what he says.

lf you didn't think it was safe,|you shouldn't have backed down.

Easy.

Jerry, thanks for today.

Yeah. No problem.

Who's the artist?

My son, Eric.

He does one every trip.

He looks like your wife.

Lucky kid.

Yeah.

What about you? You got somebody?

Are you kidding me?

l'm here six months a year|dragging scientists around.

What kind of woman|would put up with that?

How about Katie?|Looked like you might've had something.

Yeah. A couple years ago we did.

You know how it goes. Sometimes|it works, sometimes it doesn't.

l guess relationships|don't fit my lifestyle.

Anyhow, come on. Let's go outside, guys.

We're gonna get an early start tomorrow.|Come on. Come on, Max.

Come on, Max.

All right, whoa!

Doc, hold it. Put on the brake,|l'm gonna take it from here.

Yeah, got it. Whoa!

What do you say?

- That's something else.|- That's Melbourne.

- That's your home for the next week.|- Beautiful.

Ready, now! Hike!

Victoria,|this is McMurdo Weather. Come in.

Victoria? This is McMurdo Weather.

This is Victoria. We copy you, Mactown.

Hi, Andy. It's Steve.|Jnst checking statns on your team.

We've got four at the base|and two in the field. Over.

Snggest you bring them in.

We have two massive|low pressnre systems moving sonth.

Control wants you in early|jnst to be safe. Over.

Copy that, Mactown. Over and out.

Get Jerry on the radio.

Wanna sling me a cup of that|when you get a chance?

Yeah, sure thing.

- You got her?|- Yeah, thanks.

How's that looking there?

Well, everything points|to the spot that we're on.

The next couple days|are gonna tell us a lot.

Field base to Melbourne. Come in.

Base to Melbourne. Come in.

Jerry?

Jerry, do you read me? Over.

Yeah, go for Melbourne. That you, Katie?

Jerry, we got a call from Mactown.

...major storm coming in. Over.

You'll have to go again.|We're in a bad spot here.

Jerry... back to field base.|Do you copy?

We got a major storm coming in.|Mactown wants you in right away. Over.

All right. Copy that. We'll be back.

When do we expect this storm?

Katie?

Sorry, doc. Looks like|we're gonna have to pack up.

- Well, when do we have to leave?|- We leave first thing, tomorrow.

- Listen, Jerry...|- You heard what she said.

Now, Jerry, look. l cannot|go back without at least trying.

Yeah, well, that's not your call.

No. lt's not.

There's a major storm coming in,|all right?

Not a minor one, but a major.

Down here there's a big difference|between the two.

My job as your guide|is to get you back home in one piece,

and that's exactly what l'm gonna do.

But Jerry, we're talking|about a rock from another world.

This ice floe might give us the first|meteorite from the planet Mercury.

That could lead us|to discoveries we can't imagine.

When you climb a mountain,|go up a river,

the exciting part isn't what you know|is there. lt's what you don't know.

lt's what you might find,|and it's the same here.

l came halfway around the world to look|for something that's important to me.

Jerry, please, you...

You gotta take chances|for the things you care about.

Half the day on the east slope.

But l want to be back|on that sled tomorrow by noon.

l'll take that. l'll take that.

No.

Hey, we're running|out of time here, doc.

Believe me, l know.

Hey, Jerry.

- l think we got something here.|- Hey, wait, doc!

Doc, wait a minute. Doc, don't move.

You're outside the safety zone.

This is a big one.|Eleven centimeters across, fully intact.

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