I'd also like to take a moment
to thank the entire team
at the NSF base,
without whom this discovery
and this scientist
would not have made it home.
Thanks. Thanks.
Excuse me one second.
- Thanks.
- Yeah, thanks. Hey.
- There he is.
- Yeah. Scotch, rocks, please.
The man of the hour. Congratulations.
Well, I'm glad you could make it.
I wasn't sure you were gonna come down.
Yeah.
You know, about that...
Last time I saw you,
I tried to make my problems yours.
I shouldn't have done that.
But it was hard to accept
that I couldn't get back to the dogs.
So, where are you with all of that?
I'm heading to New Zealand
later on tonight.
So, you found a way back down?
Part of the way.
I'll make it to Christchurch
and if you hang out there long enough,
usually you can find a ride south.
And if you don't?
Well, it's like you said
to me the day that storm came in.
You gotta take chances
for things you care about.
Davis?
Yeah, yeah. Just...
I'll be right with you.
Go ahead, get back to the party.
I wanna come in
and say congratulations once again.
- Sure. Thanks for coming.
- You're welcome.
- Give my best to your family.
- I will. And good luck, really.
Thanks.
Enjoy the evening.
- Sitter says he's been down since 8.00.
- Oh, great.
Which means he'll be up at 5.00.
Hey, little man.
- Hello.
- Hi.
Is your boat for hire?
- For what?
- I gotta get to McMurdo.
Not a chance, mate.
It's a fishing boat.
Looking for someone,
you know Bailies?
- Yeah.
- It's just up there. It's a bar.
- All right, thanks. No chance?
- Not in hell.
You want me to take you
to Antarctica in the dead of winter
on a 70-foot fishing trawler?
And I can pay you.
Not a lot, but everything I have.
I'm sorry, mate. Everybody is looking
for a cheap ride out to McMurdo.
My boat's a margarita blender.
First chunk of ice we hit,
we'll break in half.
I've seen your boat.
We can make it.
- I'm desperate. You're my last option.
- No one in their right mind
will take you in anything
but an icebreaker.
Excuse me, sir.
The lady at the bar bought you a drink.
No way. Excuse me.
What are you doing here?
Some guy needed a cheap pilot
for an expedition
and I'm always cheap in the off-season.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- Good to see you.
- It's good to see you too.
- So, where are you going?
- Same place I'm going.
What the hell?
- What's up, jer?
- What's going on, buddy?
- Hey, buddy.
- How you been?
- Nice to see you.
- I missed you.
Same here.
What's really going on?
What kind of expedition is this?
That'd be an NSF expedition.
Yeah, I had a trip that was cut short.
It turns out I got a couple of weeks
of grant money left and...
So here we are.
You're the man. You are the man.
How long you think
it'll take you to pack?
- You know me, I'm always packed.
- Well, this way.
Yeah! Yeah.
Let's go! Let's go!
Come on in, boys.
This is crazy. I never expected this.
Sometimes you gotta
raise your expectations.
- Cooper, how you doing?
- I'd rather not talk.
- OK.
- Thanks.
Polarsyssel, this is helicopter
Lima-November-Oscar-Mike-Bravo
requesting to land on your vessel.
Roger,
Lima-November-Oscar-Mike-Bravo.
- You're clear to land.
- Here we go, boys.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I thought you might like some company.
Sure.
It's a good night for stargazing.
Shooting stars mean good luck, right?
Jerry, you know,
this may not be easy, what we find.
I know that.
But whatever we find,
the dogs deserve this trip.
I'm glad you're here, Katie.
And I owe you one.
You owe me for a lot of things.
This is not one of them.
No, I'm serious.
You always understood
why I had to do this.
Careful, jerry.
You're starting to sound like a grownup.
What about that
conductor friend of yours?
- He's an engineer.
- Oh, yeah.
We're not seeing each other any more.
That's too bad.
Shut her down, Mr Hansen.
Let's go take a look.
What do you make of that?
It's not good.
The ice is six feet