Childs outside
the main entrance of the camp.
- What's he doing outside ?
- l don't know.
Got a flare ?
He got back inside
and blew the generator.
ln six hours,
it'll be 100 below in here.
Well, that's suicide !
Not for that thing.
lt wants to freeze now.
lt's got no way outta here. lt just wants to
go to sleep until the rescue team finds it.
What can we do ?
What can we do ?
Whether we make it or not,
we can't let that thing freeze again.
Maybe we'll just warm things up
a little around here.
We're not gettin'
outta here alive...
but neither
is that thing.
Generator room.
Generator's gone.
Any way we can fix it ?
lt's gone, MacReady.
All right. We gotta bring this
whole place right down into the ice.
Garry, plant yours
in the old storage room.
Nails, down by the generator.
Oh, God.
How's it comin'in there ?
l said, ''How's it--''
Yeah, fuck you too !
You the only one who made it ?
Not the only one.
Where were you, Childs ?
Thought l saw Blair.
l went out after him...
and got lost in the storm.
Fires got the temperature up
all over the camp.
Won't last long though.
Neither will we.
How will we make it ?
Maybe we shouldn't.
lf you're worried about me--
lf we've got any surprises
for each other,
l don't think we're in much shape
to do anything about it.
Well... what do we do ?
Why don't we just...
wait here
for a little while,
see what happens.
Yeah.Your move: bishop to knight four.
My move: knight to rook three.
Poor baby, you're startin'
to lose it, aren't you?
Your move: king to rook one.
My move: rook to knight six.
Checkmate. Checkmate.
You cheatin' bitch.
Childs, what's he doin'?
Circling the camp.
Who is he?
Said "Norge" or something
on the side. It's Norwegian.
George, are you okay? Yeah, yeah, I'm okay.
Are you? Yeah. What's going on there?
Watch it.
Easy.
Easy, easy, easy. Yes.
First goddamn week of winter.
Oh, come on. Four stitches. Barely grazed ya.
What were they doin' flyin' that low,
shooting at a dog, at us?
Mmm, stir-crazy.
Cabin fever. Who knows?
U.S. Number 31, calling
McMurdo. Come in. Over.
U.S. Number 31, calling McMurdo.
Urgent. Come in. Over.
Great.
Come on, come on. Nobody!
Nobody. Get a hold of somebody.
Get a hold of anybody.
We gotta report this mess.
Look, I haven't been able
to reach shit in two weeks.
I doubt if anybody's talked to
anybody on this entire continent,
and you want me to reach somebody!
Maybe we're at war with Norway.
I was wonderin' when the El Capitan...
was gonna get a chance to use his popgun.
How long've they been stationed
there? It says here only eight weeks.
Well, that's not long enough for
guys to go bonkers. Bullshit, bwana.
Five minutes is enough to put a
man over down here. Damn straight.
I mean, look at Palmer. He been
the way he is since the first day.
How many in their party?
They started with ten. There'd be
eight others left. How do we know?
Guys as crazy as that could have done...
a lot of damage to their
own before they got to us.
Nothing we can do about that.
Yes there is. I wanna go up.
In this weather? Bennings?
Winds are gonna let up a
tad next couple of hours.
A tad?
Can't condone it much myself,
but it is a short haul.
An hour there, an hour back.
Shit, Doc, I'll give
you the lift. No problem.
Forget it, Palmer. Hey, thanks
for thinking about it though.
Loaded with kerosene. I count 15 cans.
MacReady! Mac, get your gear on!
Mac, it may not clear up for a week. Yeah.
We're the closest ones to
'em. It's all right by me, Doc.
I'm just lettin' you know we're takin'
a chance. Quit the griping, MacReady.
Those clouds keep movin' over the
sun, we're gonna get a whiteout.
We get caught in that, you can
scratch one doctor and one pilot.
This is real thin. It'll
clear as soon as you get up.
It's up to you, Mac. If you
don't wanna fly, we don't fly.
You really wanna save those
crazy Swedes, huh? Norwegians.
Which way, Doc?