"1912." "German scientist Alfred Wegener presented a theory that all continents were originally a single land mass." "He called it Pangaea." "1939." "A German expedition went to Spitsbergen to prove the theory." "A boat with a Russian crew went first to await the researchers' arrival." "SPITSBERGEN, SVALBARD 7th August 1939" "AN ENEMY TO DIE FOR" "NAVAL HIGH COMMAND Berlin, 10th August 1939" " My bag!" " Come on!" "Professor Mann, Miss Röhm, please follow me." "Professor Mann and Dr Röhm!" " Heil Hitler!" " But what are you wearing?" "Where are your scarves and your snowshoes?" " These are the sea charts you wanted..." " There's no rush." "Allow me to introduce Major Dieter Knecht." " Professor Mann and Miss Röhm." " Doctor Röhm." "Quite right." "One should observe proper form." "Of which you have plenty..." "What interest does the SS have in our expedition?" "How can I be of use?" "We just like to give our countrymen a good send-off, that's all." "Come, let us sit and drink a cold beer together." "What an adventure you have ahead of you!" "I would not set foot on that ship, not for all the beer in Germany!" "Your health." "Do you not feel it will be lonely up there?" " We will be too busy." " But in the evenings?" "We have plenty of work for the evenings too." "You see, Dieter." "Not everyone is like you." "You are right, I like to relax in the evenings." "Eat well, listen to music..." "Military marches?" "Heavens, no." "Beethoven." "Or César Franck." "I went only yesterday to hear a cello and piano concert by him." " Your brother plays wonderfully." " Is he a musician?" "A cellist." " One of the best." "Absolutely!" "What bowing technique!" "Such sensitivity!" "Almost feminine..." "You must be very proud of your brother." "Yes, very." "He knows everything, that Knecht!" "Your health!" "FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY London, 10th August 1939" "Russian Captain Eaten by Polar Bear" "GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Stockholm, 11th August 1939" " What the hell are you doing?" " You bloody idiot!" " Sneaking about like that!" " I wanted to surprise you." "Here." "It's lovely." "Have you knitted it yourself?" " My dear sister, thank you." " You're welcome." " It's just what I needed." " I thought so." "Can you hold it...?" "They're so meticulous here at the institute." "I read in the papers that your Russian captain was eaten by a polar bear." "We're getting a Norwegian instead." "It's all such a mess!" "German expedition, Swedish ship, Norwegian skipper " " Russian crew and English participants." "Noah's ark on an Arctic adventure!" "Come on, it's no joking matter." "I have insurance." " What's that for?" " Polar bears." "And what do you think of this?" "An electronic sequence detonator that can be set to a 20th of a second." "Courtesy of Gustav de Geer." "What's it for?" "If you want to blow up a mountainside and all the charges go off simultaneously you get a gravel pit." "Using my method you get a landslide, revealing a clean rock face with all its beautiful fossils." "We geologists like to have things neat and tidy." "But Gustav, look at the state of you!" "You've packed something smart for the evenings at least?" "Your jumper." "Your dinner jacket would look dashing!" " Romantic, you mean?" "And what would be so wrong with that?" "There's only one woman on board and she's a scientist like everyone else." "How old is she?" "What's her name?" "Is she married?" "SPITSBERGEN, SVALBARD 31st August 1939" "I'm sorry, I don't understand." "Russian please!" "How could the Swedes end up here with such fools?" "Common interests." "That was why we dissolved the union with Sweden." "Life's too short not to drink wine!" "Life's too short to drink bad wine." "Welcome to Uppsala!" "Where would you like us to start drilling?" "The idea is to remove a three-foot bed from the west rock face there." "We'll start at the top with 500g charges, 2.5 feet down, 25 feet apart." "The detonation sequence is five times four charges, all within one second." " Do you understand?" " Understand what?" "Follow me..." " Cheers." " Cheers." "All clear!" "Excuse me..." "For you..." "Captain..." "Thank you!" "And that will take two days?" "Yes, if the ice is on our side." "I have some bad news." "Your brother was picked up by the Gestapo last night." "There must be some misunderstanding." "My brother-in-law works for the Gestapo, maybe he can help..." "National Socialist German Workers Party Membership Application" "Gustav!" "Thank you." "Martin, my heartfelt best wishes." "I'm so happy for you." "Thank you." "My brothers!" "Excuse me, captain, but I think you'll want to see this." "Man is not born to be free." "To:" "THE FOREIGN OFFICE..." "I need to contact Berlin." "It's urgent." "The captain and the Professor must see what I picked up from a trawler first." " Show me!" " I only take orders from my captain." "Everything that concerns this ship also concerns me." "Two destroyers are on their way to sink..." "That Terrence is mad!" "I mean it: the man is a lunatic." "He's speaking to Berlin right now." " About?" " I have no idea." "Nobody talks to the prisoners." "Dr Waterspoon's orders." "No talking to prisoners!" "Get out!" "Dr Waterspoon's orders!" "This is a nightmare." "Either we die as human beings or as puppets." "Calm down, Leni." "What should I have done?" "I just want to do what's right." "Is it right to help those who want my brother dead?" " Major Knecht gave me his word..." " Yes, the word of a criminal!" " We must trust our own people!" " Your Nazis are not my people!" "They are not my Nazis!" "Leni, please..." "I know, I'm sorry." " Does Gustav know about Terrence?" " Gustav!" "That mummy's boy!" "Sitting doing nothing in his ivory tower!" "A person without opinion or purpose!" "You think you can trust him?" "It would be like grasping an amputated hand in a storm!" "Friedrich?" "Hell's teeth, man!" " I thought you were confined to cabin." " I thought you hated Nazis." " I can't afford morality on my wages." " How much is your conscience?" "We need you." "The radio operator's been murdered." "He has a gun!" " What did he say?" " Take him away." " Share the cash amongst the crew." " Yes, boss." "Look what I found in his pocket." "Stefan?" "Here's what those bloody Russians think of you!" "Fuck!" " Leni, calm down." " I can't calm down." "Please listen to me, Leni." "Leni will you please listen to me!" "Bloody Swede!" "There." "I know what you need." "Here..." "Russian rat poison." "I usually piss in that, but..." "What are they planning?" "Hell knows." "I was given a new course before they threw me in here." " Show me." " One thing at a time." "As the Finns say:" "if a sauna, tar or alcohol doesn't help death can't be far away." "Take the former captain's clothes." "A mere pawful he was." " Pawful?" "A tiny man, no meal for a polar bear." "Come on!" "Move!" "What is that?" "An old dumbwaiter." "It seems the former captain preferred to dine alone." "I can sympathise with that." "Bloody Russians..." "Where does it lead?" "The galley's right below us, and further down is the engine room." "He'll hardly be hiding on deck in this weather, but search it anyway!" " Shoot him if you have to." " With pleasure!" "Contact Berlin then!" "Gustav you've already killed." "Why not just kill us all?" " Leni..." " Just kill us all!" "I don't want to live in this mad world!" "This is the last bearing they gave me." "98 degrees east to the rendezvous." " Rendezvous with whom?" " I don't know." "That will take us into open waters." " They must be in close radio contact." " Yes." "Maybe we should hear what they have to say." "I don't trust the Russians, never have." "If only we could get them to start talking." "Know anything about diesel engines?" " You mean we should stall them?" " That should loosen their tongues." "Here, in the aft part of the engine..." "Leni?" "Leni?" "Why have you locked the door, Leni?" "Leni, don't you see I only want what's best for you?" "Leni?" "Leni!" "Leni!" "My God, Leni!" "Leni, please!" "Leni, please..." "Pull yourself together, please..." "What are you doing?" "What have I done?" "Leni..." "My little..." "My wonderful Leni." "I love you." "I have always loved you." "Please forgive me." "Forgive me..." "No..." "Sorry." "I am so sorry, Leni." "I didn't mean it." "Search in here!" "Forgive me." "Please forgive me." "Let us forget it all." "Let us forget all that has happened in the past 24 hours." "What do we do now?" "No..." "How do you feel?" "Like a blackmailed German woman who's just tried to take her own life and who's trapped on a ship in the North Pole with a psychopath." "And you wonder why we men fall in love with you!" "If only I knew what was right." " Right or wrong." "Who can decide?" " No one can ask that of us." "Who has the right to judge the ones who've been cast into this hellish chaos?" "Posterity will judge us." "I think so too." "They weren't here." "Mr Waterspoon!" "Is everything OK?" "Yes." "Come on, you're more needed somewhere else." " We only have 30% engine power." " I understand." "Is everything alright, Professor?" " Pardon?" " ls everything alright?" "Stomach ache." "What a hell of a lot of chatter." "Eight knots gives us about two hours to the rendezvous with U-27." "A U-boat?" "Right here." "Cuchnovsky." "Cuchnovsky point." "A good place to seek shelter." " And the target's here." " Which is?" "Robin..." "Oh my God..." "The Hood." "The British battleship?" "There were rumours in Barentsburg that she'd been sighted up here." "That's maybe why we saw that German plane too." "Hang on, that explains the rest of it!" "British assistance from Scapa Flow at least 50 hours away." "Destroyers making 6 knots, 283 degrees west." "GME." "GME?" "GME, my boy, means Gott mil euch." "The expected reply is Mit euch auch, a god-fearing courtesy between U-boats." " Confirm!" " Yes, boss!" "I am sorry, Miss Röhm, but you may not leave your cabin." " But I've seen Mr de Geer!" " Where?" "Mr de Geer, over there!" "But there's one thing I don't understand." "Sending destroyers to sink the Hood I get   but what the hell do they want our little ship for?" " What is ii?" " I saw someone swimming out there." "Fool!" "Who'd be swimming out in that?" "We've got to get out of here, now!" "Wait." "The Hood is here." "How deep is this channel?" " Quite shallow. 45-50 feet or so." "And the Hood's draft?" "No idea." "I captain this ship." " Roughly..." " 35 foot maybe." " What are the sides of the channel like?" " How can I describe them?" "The rocks are very distinctive." "They look like towers or sugarloaves riddled with old mineshafts." "Now I know what they want a Swede for..." "Explosion, rockslide, channel closed." "Give the Germans credit, it's a good plan." "The Hood, trapped like a fish in a barrel." "But is it really possible to blow up a whole mountain like this?" "I can." "Unfortunately." "Boss!" "The engine failure was caused by sabotage." " Gut." " Can I bring you anything?" "No, thank you, there's no need." " Thank you, but I'm fine." " It will soon be over." "Gustav!" "For Christ's sake, come on!" "The cooling system's out!" " They must not see our smoke." " Understood." "Stop the engine and drop the anchor!" "Lower the landing boat!" "Lower the landing boat!" "Lower the landing boat!" "What's happened?" "If they give you any trouble, shoot them!" " Come on, come on!" " Careful with the Swede." "We need him." "Who are you, Friedrich?" "Take this and follow me!" "Get a move on!" "Leave two boxes of dynamite here and lay out the fuse." "All ready, boss." "The charges are in place and the fuses have been laid." "Do you not know?" "How could I have been so naive?" "Friedrich?" "Friedrich..." " What happened?" " He tried to shoot me." "Tie them to the pillars." "Be careful." " Well?" " Keep moving!" "Christ, no!" "That way!" "Captain Kruger!" "The others are dead." "The boat was blown up by mistake." "The channel is still open." "My name's Leni Röhm." " Professor Mann and Dr Waterspoon?" " Both dead." "And them?" "The only poor souls who survived." "The captain and two colleagues." "An Englishman and a Swede." " They are coming too." "Are you mad?" "Detain a Norwegian civilian and two scientists?" "Aim!" "Major Knecht's orders were clear." "Only Waterspoon was to go to Berlin." "When did you last speak with Major Knecht?" "Shall we discuss this here and now?" "I will take full responsibility." "Prepare to dive." "We must get out of here, quickly." "Quick, quick, quick, hurry!" "Come on, move yourselves!" "Alfred Wegener's theory about Pangaea was only scientifically accepted at the end of the 1950s." "The idea of the world as a unified continent was unfortunately only geological in nature..."