gotten worse.
No one's flying in.
When is it gonna get better?
They've cancelled the winter teams.
No one's going in till spring.
I need it now!
Excuse me, commander?
- Who are you?
- Jerry Shepard. I'm with NSF.
- Andy Harrison's crew?
- Yeah.
We need a plane to the field base.
We weren't entirely evacuated.
What? I ordered everybody
out of there yesterday.
No, not everybody.
We left eight dogs there, sir.
Dogs?
I've got over 200 people, ten winter
teams to evacuate to New Zealand.
Right. These dogs
are a part of our team, NSF.
Captain, we've got a big problem
with some of the engines icing up.
- We have to start moving some planes.
- Son, look. This is today.
We've got a two-day window,
then another storm hits.
If it lasts till here,
which they say it will,
then we're into winter
and nobody flies.
We don't have enough supplies
to keep everybody here.
- So I'm a little busy right now.
- All we need is a plane, sir...
- Do you want us to do that, sir?
- Do what?
- Start moving some planes.
- Will you give me one minute?
Listen. If we could just get a plane
like the one that we flew in on,
it would only take three hours.
Son, the only thing
we've got left are C-130s
and they sure as hell
can't land at a field base.
We can't just leave 'em out there.
There's nothing I can do. I'm sorry.
- Let's start moving those planes.
- Yes, sir, right away, captain.
Yeah, come in.
Hey.
How we doing?
When's your flight leave?
You and Rosie?
A couple hours ahead of you,
Coop and the doc.
Jerry, I'm so sorry.
I'm really sorry, jerry.
I don't want to talk about it.
You want a drink?
Sure.
- Fresca.
- Yeah, sorry. That's all I got.
You know this wasn't your fault.
This wasn't anybody's fault.
- We just left 'em.
- Come on. We didn't just leave them.
Don't do this to yourself.
The dogs are strong.
Maybe there's a chance.
We tightened their collars
so they wouldn't get loose.
Listen, I...
I know...
I know you want me to find
a way to get us back there somehow.
I know you're disappointed in me.
No.
You know, sometimes you just
have to lower your expectations.
You know what, jerry?
I'm sorry. I really am.
I've got to go pack.
Fill this out. Take it down to admin.
Just follow the red line on the floor.
With any luck,
you could have funding by August.
August?
No, wait. I don't think you understand.
In a few days those dogs...
I have to go now.
I'm sorry, Mr Shepard.
Once winter sets in,
as you know, there's no
coming or goings down there.
We had to cancel
the winter teams this year.
- Couldn't get 'em in before the storm.
- There must be somebody going south.
Mr Shepard, be reasonable. This is
the biggest Antarctic storm in 25 years.
If you don't believe me,
take a look at this weather report.
Yeah, good, good.
- Where's the rocket going?
- What a surprise!
- To Mars, Dad.
- Come on in.
Yeah?
Well, look who I found.
Hey. Hey, world traveller.
- How you been?
- I'm good, I'm good.
- How's your fingers?
- Oh, I get to keep 'em.
- Great.
- How's the leg?
Hard to tell.
The cast is great, thanks to Eric.
There's a pot of coffee
in the kitchen, so...
Eric, let's go find
a real colouring book.
- What a great surprise.
- Give you a hand?
- I'm all right.
- You got it?
So, what brings you to LA?
I brought you something.
Thanks.
I gotta get back there. Right now.
I can't sleep at night. I've been
to NSF, agencies, foundations.
I've been to TV networks to convince
them to follow me with a camera.
Anything to raise money.
It just... It all takes too long.
Now I've only got one week to get
back down there before winter hits.
Then no one gets in for six months.
You've got those guys in your pocket.
The... the science fund guys.
- The university endowment?
- They'd do anything for you right now.
- Jerry, listen to what you're saying.
- No, it would just be me,
just a three-day trip in.
You could tell 'em.
- Tell 'em I'm