Ice Sharks

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[ wind blowing ]

[ music playing ]

Ho. Ho. Ho. Ho.

I caught up to him on the flats.

[Male on radio]

Be careful out there.

Male:
Yeah. Out.

[ dog barking ]

[ dogs whining ]

Okay, okay.

Hai! Hup!

Hai!

[ dogs whining ]

[ dog barking ]

[ screaming ]

[ wind blowing ]

[ music playing ]

[ female ]

Okay.

So if the R.O.V.

follows the ridge here,

it should be able

to take a sample

and show us

exactly how long

the mineral deposits were

exposed to the atmosphere.

Nice work, Lex.

Now all we have to do

is plot a course and

load it into the R.O.V.

Okay.

You know, I've been

through some real

crazy storms up here.

This baby's built for it.

Thank you.

You know, I'll keep an eye

on you if things get rough.

Uh, you know, I remember

this one time when--

Yeah, well, this is

built to go hundreds

of feet down,

Bet the station

can't do that.

I'm gonna

bring this upstairs.

Here you go, Sammy.

Thanks, Val.

[ scoffs ]

What you got

going on, Sammy?

All right,

I just keep getting

this erroneous data

from area 12.

That, or that ice is melting

way faster than we thought.

Could be a new

warm current under

the ice doing that.

Whatever

the data is,

we need

to make sure

it's correct.

Mm-hmm. Can't let it

skew our research

on how fast

things are melting.

We're not getting funded

to do sloppy work.

Yeah, I mean, come on.

These numbers

have to be wrong,

unless there's a new

warm current under there.

Let me take a look.

Yeah, those numbers do

seem high, don't they?

Yeah.

All right,

let's work the problem.

See if you can't do

a hard system reboot.

Yeah. [ clears throat ]

Just give it a few seconds.

Here we go.

No, that's

the same readings.

All right,

we gotta confirm this.

M.E. wants to know

how fast humans are

warming the melt.

Yeah, I just tried flashing

the sensor's memory

That didn't work either.

Look, I think I should

just head out there and see

if I can't

figure out what's going on.

Tracy, what's the weather

looking like today?

Actually, it looks

great for once.

Next storm

shouldn't roll through

for another 12 hours.

Perfect.

All right, but you call in

every 30 minutes, okay?

Let us know

you're all right.

Will do, boss.

Promise I won't forget.

Oh, and, Sammy.

Yeah?

You're the man.

Heh. I do what I can.

All right, guys,

I'm headed out.

I will radio back

if I find anything,

and, hey...

behave yourselves.

Go.

[ laughs ] Okay.

All right. Hey,

I'll see you later.

[ sigh ]

What's going on

with you, little buddy?

You know, I kinda

hope that sensor

isn't faulty.

We'd finally have

some hard evidence

to show M.E.

Yeah.

Yeah.

[ sighs ]

T-3-A...

Samuel.

Yeah?

Hold up, man.

Where you going?

Uh, I just

gotta head out

and check out

a sensor.

Okay. Just do me a favor

and be really careful

around that thin ice.

It's pretty bad this year.

And mainly because

I don't wanna have to call in

a rescue team

to save your ass

when you get hurt.

What, me get hurt?

Yeah.

Hey, you remember Cabo?

I've tried to forget.

[ laughs ] I jumped

off the balcony

into the pool.

I hit my head

on the edge.

Yeah,

I lost consciousness

and still outdrank you

that night.

I know.

Hey, that reminds me.

Uh, Dad sent those

single-malts with Ozzy

on the last chopper run.

Be back in

an hour and a half.

Let's open 'em up.

Sounds good.

All right, man.

All right, buddy.

Hey, uh,

I forgot to tell you.

You remind me of Mom.

Nag, nag, nag.

Yeah.

[ wind blowing ]

Hey, next time,

close the inner door

before you open

the outer door.

Thank you.

Radio check, too!

Hey, man.

Yeah?

[starts engine ]

[revving engine ]

Female [on radio]:

Oasis to Sammy.

Checking your radio status.

Sammy [on radio]: Radio status,

check. I don't see any county

mounties around, bandit.

Female:
I'm sure you don't.

Check back every 20 minutes.

Sammy [ on radio]:

[chuckles] Okay. No problem.

Snowman out.

Female:
Very funny. Now take

care of your [unintelligible

dialogue].

"Behave"?

When was the last time

we, uh, behaved?

MAN, ON RADIO:

Oasis Station.

Oasis Station,

are you there?

[ beeping ]

Hey, Aput.

What's happening?

Another hunter

from our town

has gone missing.

He last radioed

his wife not

too far from you.

Any idea

what's going on?

Hard to believe

there's a serial killer

out there.

The leading theory

is them falling

through the ice,

but no one

really buys that.

What was

the last location?

72 degrees. 55 minutes,

North. 108 degrees 25 minutes,

West.

That's 5 miles from us.

Yeah, that's what

I figured.

Any chance

you could take

a look out there?

What do you think?

They're at least

a day away by sled dog,

and the next storm's

gonna cover any trails.

We can be there

in 30 minutes.

Let's go see

if we can help.

No problem, Aput.

We'll check it out.

Thanks, Tracy.

That's the fifth hunter

missing in a month, David.

What the hell is

going on out there?

I don't know, but there

may be a cold, wet hunter

still alive out there.

All right.

Let's go.

Alex, we got a call

about a missing hunter.

We're gonna

go check it out,

all right?

It's near us?

Yeah.

Hey, uh,

if you want,

Sammy's still

out there. I could

just radio in--

Nah, nah. He's in

the other direction.

Besides, with

the storm coming in,

gives us a chance to

get some fresh air while

we still can, you know?

Copy that.

You guys should

take a look at this.

We are seeing

a lot of under-ice melting

from these warm currents.

That makes sense,

with the readings

Sammy's getting

from the sensor arrays.

If this storm

gets any worse,

we might

have to call in

the icebreaker,

come pick us up,

move us

to a different

location.

It's either

that or call

the season early.

M.E.'s not

gonna like that,

but so what? We can

get government grants

next year, yeah?

Exactly.

We've done this before.

We'll be fine.

I know.

Okay, we've got it.

We'll be careful.

Thanks for the info.

Okay.

Be safe.

Bye.

Okay, bye.

Don't air that

in public.

Yeah. You're right.

All right.

[ wind blowing ]

You ready?

Male:
We should get there in

just a few minutes.

Female:
Gotcha.

Female:
Hey!

Keep up slow poke.

Male:
Slow poke? We'll see

about that.

Female:
Yeah, we'll see!

Ha! Ha!

-Woo!

Yeah!

Woo!

[ laughing ]

Female:
Hurry up, slow poke.

[ giggling ]

Male:
See! Now who's

the slow one? Woo!

Just over to the west

a little bit.

Female:
Got it. I'm on

your tail.

Male:
Keep a close eye on them.

So we don't miss them.

Female:
They shouldn't be

that hard to spot.

Male:
Hopefully.

Female:
I think I see

something up ahead.

[ coughs ]

They gotta be

our hunter's, right?

Double-check

those coordinates.

Yeah, we're spot-on,

and triangulation

puts this

as the position

of his last radio call.

Let's see

where they go.

[ start engines ]

Well, this is as far

as we go on these.

[ Tracy gasping ]

There's no fabric.

There's no gear.

That is just a seal.

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