The Last Winter

Alaska. Vast wilderness

of the North.

Land of great natural beauty

and diversity.

This is rugged country.

Land of black gold.

Alaska's north slope

has been producing oil...

out of Prudhoe Bay since 1969.

Delivering to refineries and ports

eight hundred miles to the South...

through the great

Trans Alaskan Pipeline.

But another northern region...

known as the Arctic National

Wildlife Refuge...

has remained untapped.

Only once have prospectors gained

access to this barren landscape.

In nineteen eighty-six,

KIC Corporation...

a partnership between native

and business interests...

commissioned the drilling

of a test well.

The results of that drilling have been

a carefully guarded secret ever since...

with only a solitary white box...

marking the footprint,

where the rig once stood.

Now, at last, after an historic

vote in congress...

the KIC Well will

reveal her secrets...

and North industries will be there.

Working in consort with

environmental experts...

North Industries will send

advanced teams to map the area...

and determine strategic

drilling locations.

Ice roads will be constructed...

to transport the rigs...

and drill sites and pipe lines...

will be operational

within the decade.

One step closer

to energy independence.

We have got the vision,

the experience, the know-how.

North Industries:

Trust. Risk. Results.

Jesus Christ, Ed, I could

use a longer runway.

Sounds like a personal problem Gary.

It's on my list, that's for sure.

Go get my gear, will you?

- Going ahead.

- Motor! Rise and shine!

Where's Abby?

Where's my welcoming party?

Abby god damn it, you're beautiful.

You took my room!

I want it back.

With you in it.

Sorry, Ed. How you doing?

Hundred percent, Abby.

Hundred and twenty.

- Yeah, I put on a few pounds.

- Well, you know...

Is that Ed Pollack here?

Dawn, baby, you're a sight

for sore eyes.

How's that new exercise

regime going?

Okay.

Put me down, dinner's almost ready.

Lee, pipe down, will you?

You're far too excitable.

Yeah, Lee, pipe down.

It is good to see this team

taking shape here.

The big boys, they send their love,

everybody's gearin' up.

Where's the kid?

Maxwell is out on the flats.

Should be back by now.

I'm supposed to keep my eye on him,

for the old man.

Gary's taken off,

he wanted to beat the snow.

I wanted him to stay for a drink.

Dawn, find some glasses, will you?

Boy, he's sure in a hurry.

What have you got in the bag, boss?

Mind your damn manners, Motor.

Hey, Dawn, where's those glasses?

Oh, this is Elliot Taylor.

He is doing the impact evaluations.

I thought the new Green Flag

was named Hoffman.

That's my boss.

They sent two guys?

Is this what you were

looking for, Motor?

A little fish, cigarettes...

This one looked sexy.

- Oh, that looks nice.

- Stooges...

And... more fish.

Is this going to be Maxwell?

- Hi.

- Hi.

James Hoffman, meet Ed Pollack.

How are you doing?

I'm doing fine.

- Raven?

- That's right.

This thins came off the wing of a

female common raven. Corvus Corax.

- Corvux Corax?

- Before your time.

Listen up, this is what

l wanna say.

I know you've all been in a holding

pattern and I wanna apologize for that.

These ice roads have been

a b*tch to get in...

and Hoffman can give you

the reason for that.

Ah, it's not cold enough.

Hell, it feels cold as a witch's

boob out here to me.

Well, you need a sustain sub-zero...

to build ice-roads.

Well, then find me some sub-zero.

I mean, we're in f***ing Alaska!

It's the Arctic Circle!

It's the dead of winter here.

That's exactly the problem.

The temperature's been all over the place.

So, how is it you came to work

for North? I mean, you're not the type.

We don't work for North.

We work for the American people...

to make sure that North keeps its end

of the bargain up here being on this land.

What the American people want

is energy independence.

That's what the American

people want.

Hell, the amount of oil that they're

gonna get out of here...

they could save by inflating their

tires and caulking their windows.

Hoffman knows all that crap.

He's an oil geek.

He was at the Kuwaiti oil

field fires.

Right? And Valdez?

He was there when

the Titanic went down.

It appealed to me to come

to the last piece of pristine...

untouched wilderness on the planet,

before we f*** it up.

So, if North is willing to pay me

to be here, then, so be it.

Maxwell, you're on my team.

Here we go, Pipe Dogs, here we go!

- What about the dart finals?

- Here we go, Pipe Dogs.

Dawn? Dawn?

You're gonna be my center over here.

Okay, you got it, Ed.

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

I think we'll call you House" out here.

What do you think of that, Maxwell?

That's okay, Mr. Pollack.

- You can call me Ed, House.

- Yes, sir.

What do I say, hike?

You're gonna go to the right,

you go to the left.

- One, two, three.

- Go!

- Hut! Hut! Hut! Hut!

- I don't even know the rules.

Come on, house, run!

Go! Get him!

Give me some love, bro!

- I got it.

- You can't kick it.

Don't run!

- Okay he's down, he's down!

- We're here, we're here!

Flag on the play.

- I got it!

- Yes! You got it!

Yeah, baby!

- What happened?

- Hike!

Go long, go long!

Max! Max!

That's pass interference, Elliot!

- Are you okay?

- Sorry, I didn't see you, the ball...

Are you okay, Elliot?

Step aside.

House, let's have a look.

Hey, Elliot.

- Oh, geez.

- Oh, f***.

He just took a little elbow.

He's got a little blood.

Dawn! Let's get him inside

and get him fixed up.

All right. Come on.

Bring him up slow.

You're gonna be alright.

You okay?

Ready for the big meeting today?

Sure. What's it about?

Well, he flew in to talk

to you, basically.

Sounds ominous.

You would think everything

is ominous.

Wasn't this supposed to be

a one-night stand a month ago?

I think you should hear him out.

He's got a lot riding on this.

This is not a fair conversation.

Let's go, Abs!

I'll be, I'll be right there!

- Does he know?

- I'm not so sure.

He sees what he wants to see.

Hey, man, forgot your stuff.

Thanks.

It's weird. You almost don't need

your gear, right?.

Yeah, right. I just ought

to take it, just in case.

Hey, have you ever been out

to the KIC Well?

Yeah. I mean, yeah... That box?

I mean I go by it on my way

to sight 7, you know.

- Right.

- What's under there?

A pipe, with a valve on it.

Why?

- What's under that?

- What?

Nothing.

Wait, you saw the North video.

They talked about it.

Yeah, I watched it.

Yeah, whatever.

I'm gone for what, five weeks?

And she hooks up with this guy.

Jesus, I thought Abby

was smarter than that.

Hoffman's cool. He's a sharp dude.

I saw some of his articles.

Some deep sh*t man...

put me right to sleep.

It's just bad judgement on Abby's

part. You know what I'm saying?

- She's too young for you, Ed.

- Hey, take it easy, will you?

Hoffman heading out.

How long have they been at it,

Abby and him?

I don't know man, ask her.

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