The Snow Walker

Someone's coming!

Visibility is zero.

How can he see anything?

And he asked:
"What's the ceiling?"

He looks up and he says:

"I don't know, I think it's Beaver Board. "

Set 'em up, Jimmy.

Except for this son of a b*tch...

... he's working on my plane tomorrow.

No, just one more, one more come on.

Hey you guys! Here they are.

Here, I'll get it for you.

No...

Get out of there, boy...

Estelle!

Boys, boys! Come on!

Charlie, we all pitched in and

we bought you a girl for your birthday.

Oh, yeah?

OK everybody, look here.

One, two, three.

Charlie... two, three.

I set it up for you all myself...

Beautiful!

Concentrate.

Hey brother!

Five dollars?

Piss off, you drunken rummy!

Get outta here!

Come here, come here.

Come here.

Look at me.

Come on, look at me!

Hell, hold this.

I'll give you a nice shiney new quarter

if you look at me, huh?!

Look me in the eye.

Look me in the eye.

Look at me!

The oddest bunch of people

I've seen in my life.

Won't even look me in the eye.

Beautiful.

Don't give him a good lead, Charlie.

Concentrate.

Ok, ok, ok, ok.

Hey, brother.

Get off of me.

Hey!

I'm sorry, brother.

I ain't your brother.

Hey, you're outta here.

Get outta here.

Come on, take a shot.

Yeah.

Rum is here.

Wait... stop.

Why?

Wait, I have...

...your birthday present.

I have your birthday present.

My birthday is not 'til tomorrow.

Come on, open it.

I'm opening my present.

Charlie?

Charlie, are you in there?

What? Yeah...

It's Carl...

What... what's going on?

Hey, what do you want?

Yeah, it's seven...

Yeah? So?

It's 7:
00 and Shep said you're suppose

to be there at 6:30, and it's 7:00 already.

Ok, Ok, um.... hold on, I'll be right back.

Give me five minutes.

Alright.

Well, we tried calling, but...

Oh. Sorry.

Aren't you gonna eat?

What about your present?

What?

Your present?

Yeah, right.

I'll tell you what...

as soon as I get back,

I'll open it, ok? Promise.

All right? I'm gonna call you.

I'll be back before you know it.

So you just help yourself

to anything you need in the 'fridge.

And ah...

...see ya.

Here you go, fellas.

Queen Maud Gulf

We'll set up the first camp

right by the ocean.

Go that far?

Cover the territories.

Every bloody inch.

Morning fellas.

Wow! It's a beaut!

What is it?

She's a Norseman.

Right.

You got pontoons on?

Floats.

Right.

Would you excuse us a second?

Charlie.

Yeah.

Knock it off.

What?

You know what.

Now, knock it off.

These guys are a couple of custards.

I'm just tryin' to have fun.

Now look, this is a really big contract.

You piss these guys off...

they're gonna take their

business someplace else.

Oh bullshit!

They ain't goin' anywhere.

Oh yeah? Well, you just

make sure that they don't.

Speaking of which...

how 'bout a little detour

after my run?

Where?

Bathurst.

Why?

Business.

What kind of business?

Oh, a little business business.

Come on, two or three days.

I'm in, I'm out.

Make it worth your while.

Two.

Three.

Two!

And you let me know where you are.

Alright.

And try to keep those

guys happy, will ya?

Hey. Get your suit all dirty?

It's kind of grimy up here.

Oh yeah. Thanks.

So uh...

...you've been flying long?

Guess a better part

of twelve years.

He's my best pilot

during the war.

Africa?

No. Europe.

Flew bombers, Mosquitos, mostly.

Bombed the hell out of Manheim.

Hell, I would've sunk the Bismark

if they'd given me half a chance.

I was infantry myself.

Well, sir...

you have my sympathy.

So, you have a co-pilot

you work with?

Sure do.

Like the book says...

God!

Heavy little buggers, huh?

Didn't expect to see anybody here.

You fellas like chocolate?

You eat this stuff?

Thanks again.

Come.

Come.

Why? What d'ya got there?

Please... please...

come.

You got some pelts?

A little white fox?

What? Wanna do a little trade'n?

Yeah, sure.

What the hell.

Ah Jesus.

Is she your girlfriend?

Your sister?

Well, ah... she's sick,

I can't do anything for her...

because she's got TB

or something.

You know what tuberculosis is?

You...

No. Not even going straight back.

I can't take her.

Take her back to her village.

You got a medicine man,

or somethin' don't ya?

I mean, the hospitals in

Yellowknife are full.

She stays.

I'm sorry.

What d'ya got there?

Holy Smokes!

Lotta money right there.

Yellowknife

Alright. Sh*t.

I'm deadhead'n anyway.

But you hurry, alright?

Gotta storm brew'n.

Give me your government

number there...

Eskimo tag in case

I gotta get a hold of ya.

E5254

Alright.

This her stuff?

Ok.

Come on.

Ok, here?

Here you go.

Yellowknife.

Yes, yes, Yellowknife.

I said I'd take her to Yellowknife.

Come visit her in the spring,

bring her a potted plant.

How you doing over there?

You alright?

Good days and bad days

I guess, huh?

Coffee?

No. I believe not.

Chocolate?

Come on. It's Nestles.

You know...

N-E-S-T-L-E-S

Nestles makes the very best.

Alright. Never mind.

No what?

To hell with it.

What d'ya say we screw Bathhurst...

head straight for home?

Get around this miserable weather.

Funny thing is I was just going there

to sell off those grape di soda...

maybe scrounge up some ivory.

...glad I got that covered.

Life is funny that way.

Sh*t!

May Day, May Day, May Day!

This is Juliet-India-November...

I'm outta fuel.

We're going down.

Come on!

Hang on!

Come on!

Come on!

Son of a b*tch!

Come on!

Pull up!

Come on! Come on!

Pull up!

Don't stop, you b*tch!

Sh*t!

Sh*t!

Son of a b*tch!

Sh*t!

Son of a b*tch!

Well, you might as well get out.

She's broken!

She's smashed to hell,

you understand?

Don't fly no more.

Fish'n.

What the hell kind of fish

can you catch in here?

It's Juliet-India-November...

Anyone read?

Anyone read?

Warren, do you copy?

Bathhurst, Baker Lake.

Anyone?

Oh, hey hey, easy

easy with that.

No, no.

Get outta here with that.

Oh....no what?

Just go....go

You eat it if you're gonna

eat it like that. Go.

Disgusting.

You speak any English?

You speak any English?

Yes, no...

Little bit?

No?

I don't know if you

understand our situation here,

but we're in a hell of a bind.

Nobody knows where

the hell we are.

The reason being is I didn't

stick to my flight plan.

The radio's busted.

I can't call out.

Try and fix it in the

morning, but...

I think my tools are in the

bottom of that lake somewhere.

So I'm just saying, uh...

...there's a good chance

nobody's gonna show up.

Ok?

Good talk'n to ya.

Hey, Shep...

Still no sign of 'em.

I'm start'n to think...

No sign of who?

Charlie?

Yeah, he just got a little delayed

by the weather, that's all.

Now why would you say something

like that in front of her for, huh?

I didn't know she was standing there.

Jesus, Carl.

You know Charlie's got women

stashed all over the bloody map.

I know, but shouldn't we have

heard something by now?

Hey, don't worry about it.

He's fine.

I'll start worrying

about Charlie Holladay

five minutes after

hell freezes over.

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