scouting your next trip.
- They'd be throwing their money away.
- No, they wouldn't.
- Even if you could get down there,
- by now it's 50 below.
- No.
Jerry, be realistic.
It's already been...
I know how long it's been.
But I need to know for sure.
I have to go.
It's not possible, jerry.
It's just not possible.
You gotta find a way
to forget about all this.
Forget?
And you can do that?
Hey, Jer. It's Kate.
It's been a week.
Just checking if you're home.
Bye.
Jer, it's Kate again.
Call me back. Bye.
Over here.
Remember, the ocean
has a mind of its own.
So respect the ocean. Stay alert.
Now, go on ahead and take the paddle
like this, in both hands.
There you go.
We're gonna do an even paddle,
alternating blades.
Like that.
Hey, Al, will you take over for me?
Hey, what are you doing here?
Somebody told me jerry Shepard
was working at the kiddie pool.
I said, "No way.
I have to see that for myself."
Is that why you're here?
You're here to mock me?
I'm the chauffeur.
Somebody else wanted to see you.
Brandy! Come here. Go see jerry!
Wow.
- Look who's all grown up and beautiful.
- She's smart too. Like you said.
Is she? Let's see
how well she's got you trained, then.
Go get it!
She's looking good.
But I'm still not sure
what you're doing here.
Come on. You didn't return my calls.
I got worried.
- I've been busy.
- Oh, yeah, I can see that.
What about you?
What have you been up to?
Nothing much. I'm seeing somebody.
- Really.
- Yeah, I mean,
I'm not seeing him for long,
but I kind of like him.
He's such the opposite of us.
A complete head guy.
He's an engineer.
Like on a train?
Shut up.
- Yeah.
- Good girl.
Go, Brandy!
So I heard you pulled yourself
off the McKinley expedition.
Listen, I know leaving the dogs
was hard for you.
Well, it is what it is.
There's really nothing to talk about.
Nothing to talk about? Jerry, come on.
I don't want to talk about it.
You can't keep
hiding out here, jerry.
I mean, come on.
Renting kayaks to nine-year-olds?
Well, what am I supposed to do then?
Maybe you can help me out or something
cos I'm not sure anymore.
You know what you're supposed to do?
Let yourself off the hook.
It doesn't mean that you have to forget.
He knows a dog person
when he smells one.
Hey, Mindo.
- How you doing? Easy trip?
- Yeah, it wasn't bad.
- Appreciate you seeing me.
- My pleasure.
You're part of the family.
Here. I thought you'd like to have this.
Thanks. Come on in.
So, you came to apologize?
I just knew...
I just knew that you raised 'em.
You don't have to apologize to me.
It's not about being sorry for anything.
What is it then?
Back when I was a young man,
my father ran a team of sled dogs
up in the Yukon.
One summer he was out in the bush
walking with six of them.
They came across a grizzly bear.
Young, but big.
The first thing he did was maul
my father within an inch of his life.
When he came to,
he saw that two of his dogs
had been killed trying to save him.
The rest were gone.
When he regained his strength,
he went out looking for his dogs.
He said he had to.
You know why I told you this story?
Because I won't find my dogs.
The story's not about the dogs.
It's about my father
honouring what the dogs
had done for him.
Jerry, what's important
is finding that one thing
that will truly put your heart at rest.
And now...
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
please join with me
in welcoming and honouring
the man who five months ago
brought back from Antarctica
the first documented Mercury meteorite,
Dr Davis McClaren.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
Thank you very much. There are
several people I wish to thank,
but first and most important,
my family,
my son, Eric,
and my wife, Dr Eve McClaren,
for her patience as I travel
around the world on these expeditions,
many of which could be better
described as wild-goose chases.
I'd like to thank the university
for its continued support.