would be too dangerous.
There's only one way
to make that trip, with the dogs.
The dogs?
OK. Will they be able
to carry all my gear?
The dogs'll be fine.
- It's late in the season.
- Last year we had the dogs out
right up until the day we left.
All right, Andy.
You're the boss. I'll get things ready.
- Hey, you need some help?
- No, I'm fine.
Coop, say good night to Buck.
I'm gonna take a rain check, jer.
Kids, come on! Let's go!
Everyone outside. Let's get you
tucked into bed. Come on.
Good, jack.
Good boy. I'll see you in the morning.
Hey, Maya.
What do you say? One more trip?
Then we'll get you to McMurdo
for the winter. That sound good?
That sound good? That's my girl.
Hey, Max. I need a good trip out of you.
Lucky star, huh? Let's hope so.
See you in the morning, Max.
Knock, knock.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I warmed up some of
your favourite ice cream.
Strawberry.
That's your favourite ice cream.
Well, you got here early.
I didn't have time to go shopping.
Yeah, well, they changed things up.
How you been?
Been a good season.
Kids are doing well.
Maya's been awesome.
Old jack's getting a bit older, so...
jerry, I was asking you how you've been.
I'm not interrupting or anything, am I?
No, Rosie. We were just catching up.
OK.
All right, well...
I guess I'll see you guys
in the morning.
Thank you. That was sweet.
No problem. Good night.
Good night.
- Pardon me.
- Oh, sorry.
Head's up.
Sad fact of life in this place, doc.
Floor is more comfy than the bunks.
So, what is it exactly that you do here?
Cartography. I spent the last two years
mapping every inch of this territory.
Hey, dude.
What happened? You strike out?
No. I didn't even swing.
Went down looking.
That's still a strike-out, jer.
Sorry about that, buddy.
I didn't see you there.
We turn the heat off at night, so if
there's anything you need to keep warm,
I suggest you sleep with it.
Incoming.
Jerry!
Man!
OK, this is the last of it.
Wow, doc.
Won't be losing you, now, will we?
All right, rule number one.
If you want to approach the dogs,
approach them from the front.
- See how the lines are taut?
- Yeah.
I want them like that at all times.
If the line's tangled, they'll fight.
- We don't want that.
- Got it.
- Anything else I should know?
- The rest is pretty much up to me.
Gotta watch them. They're working.
They'll run themselves to death.
They love work.
All right, official introductions.
Up here in front, on lead,
we got my best girl, Maya.
Next to her we got Old jack.
Just turned ten, and he's
actually getting ready for retirement.
Back here,
the white one, this is Shorty.
And next to him is the pup
of the bunch. That's Max.
He's still in training.
He's got the right stuff.
I expect big things out of him.
Right here, we got the twins.
This is Truman.
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 grey 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, I think so.
I 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. I'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, see you, Buck!
Safe... Safe trip, Buck.
Come over and say goodbye.
You're gonna give him a complex.
And what about my complex?
Come around... Come say goodbye to him.
I'm... I'm pretty sure he heard me
say goodbye, jer. I don't...
OK. I don't