"'Anderson, D170." "Returning." "We will be approaching in about five." " 'Am I clear?" "' - 'It's all you." "The party's started.'" "'Isn't it a little early for that?" "'" "'First big winter storm's coming in later." "We're swapping personnel early.'" "'Roger that." "See you in a few.'" "'Attention, flight teams." "'Will the following pilots please report to Station Chief ASAP...'" "Whoo!" "Stetko, where ya been?" "!" "'This is a 72-hour warning, people." "'That's three days to the last flight for those of you mathematically-challenged." "'There will also be a safety meeting before the station closes." "'Everyone must attend." "1900 in the galley." "'Hold on." "I was just handed a piece of paper." "'Sam says that bag drag will start at 0700 on Friday." "'All your gear must be in the hallway by 0300." "'For those of you in the winter crew who are staying on base, 'there will be a mandatory inspection of all workstations at 1300.'" " Carrie?" " I'm in the shower, Doc!" "I'll be right out." "Chicken?" "Shrimp?" "You've been holding out on me." "Want to hear about my trip?" "I flew three hours to talk to a PhD reporting the theft of a botany sample." " A botany sample?" " Cannabis sativa." "Ah, of course." "Cannabis." "Weed." "Always a dull moment." "Oh, by the way, big storm's coming." "Departure's been bumped up." " Bathing suit is packed and ready to go." " All you need." " 'Stetko, are you there?" "'" " Hold on." " Go." " 'Station Manager wants to see you.'" "Copy." "See you at dinner." "No, you won't." "This is dinner." "Better than that mess hall crap." "." ".See you on the plane." " What?" "!" "You're kidding." " No." " Doc!" " We'll talk about it later, OK?" "A Popsicle was spotted at Haworth Mesa." "A pilot from McMurdo called it in." "Really?" "What was somebody doing out there?" "Probably just a weather balloon or an old tent." "It's the guy's first year." " I know you just got back, but..." " OK." "I'll grab Doc." "Hey, Carrie." "Sam, please, don't waste my time." "Just tell me how many carats." "Don't gush until you see it." "Then let it flow." "I figured you make so much from backgammon, you should go pro." " Maybe I will, back in the States." " Yeah." "You still handing in your badge, huh?" "Yeah." "Do they even have professional backgammon players?" "The same rules apply to all winter over students." "You'll have 90 days to turn in your analysis." "I want proxies for the Earth's temperature changes from 1600 to the present day." "Let's see how long before they're surfing in Kansas." "Doc?" " G'day, Marshal." " Haden, have you seen Doc?" "Yeah, he's outside with the newbies." "Marshal, don't you owe me a strip search?" " You were the second guy out the door?" " Yeah." "Not interested." "In less than three days, we winter over." "The sky turns black and it stays that way for half a year." "Now nature did not intend for you to survive out here, but here you are and here I am to teach you how not to die." "Come on!" "Ha ha ha!" "Nothin' to it!" "Time." "Core body temperatures have fallen to approximately 97 degrees." "Thinking is impaired." "Motor skills failing." "You are, in short, gentlemen, on your way to dying and it's only been three minutes." "One great hazard out here - the whiteout." "An unholy set of weather conditions converge and the world... falls away." "Winds over 100 miles an hour skip off the ice out here and kick up snow so thick you can't see six inches in front of you." "You can lose yourself completely out there." "And be gone." "All right." "Never underestimate the ice." "Put your coats on now." "Now, class, give a nice warm South Pole hello to Marshal Stetko." "H-Hello, Marshal Stetko." " Hi, guys." " What's up?" "I need you." "A pilot named Delfy thinks he may have found a body on the ice." "This engine is ice cold." "I can't put the goddamn blower on for five minutes!" "What changed your mind?" "I got a card from my granddaughter inviting me to her 5th birthday party." " You have a granddaughter?" " I have, Carrie, and I've never met her." "I've been down here way too long." " You Delfy?" " Last I remember." " I'm Stetko." "This is John Fury." " You old enough to fly this?" "I hope so." "Just try not to have a heart attack on my plane, Junior." "Smartass!" "I think I'm gonna like him." "ASB, ASB, come in." "This is November One-Seven-Eight." "I'm five minutes out from Haworth Mesa." "How's the weather?" "Over." "'Weather is clear.'" "Roger, ASB." "I'll inform you on turnaround." " You asleep?" " Yeah." "I could fly down here the rest of my life and never get used to how beautiful it is." " How did he get here?" " Maybe climbing, fell from up there." "Then where's his gear?" "It doesn't make any sense." "How could he be all the way out here without any gear?" "Ungh...!" "He's a sticker." "Gimme a hand." "OK..." "Aah!" "Carrie?" " Are you all right?" " Yeah." "Let's see who he is." "Weiss." "Weiss." "Yeah, I knew him." "We wintered with him last year." "Played cards a couple of times." " He's the one that cheated." " The geologist." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Damn." "Damn!" "What were you doing all the way out here?" "Whoo-hoo!" " Million-year-old ice, right?" " Yeah." "10-year-old whisky." "Yeah?" "This is cool." " Whoo!" " Ha-ha!" "Yah!" "Ohh!" "And me, and me." "Out of the way!" "Move it!" "Out of the way!" "It bothers me that nobody's reported him missing." "Maybe no one thinks he is." "What's this?" "Well..." "let's find out." " That's a fresh wound." " Somebody treated him in the field." "And they were in a hurry." "What's happened up here?" "Oh, my God!" " What could have caused that?" " No rough edges around the wound." "Ice axe, something like that." "So we've got a geologist at Haworth Mesa." "He injures his leg, has it stitched, then climbs a 100-foot ice wall, falls onto his own axe, which isn't found anywhere near the body?" "Doc, this wasn't an accident." "This means a Federal investigation." "We're witnesses." "You want to get out." "The last plane leaves in two days." "We could be stuck here for the winter." "Can you handle that?" "No." "I mean, God, I don't know." "Say the word, I'll bag the body and put it on the plane for McMurdo." "No big deal." "'I won't take no for an answer, Jack.'" " I have plans tonight." " Microwave popcorn and a six-pack?" " Clear." " Go." "How we doin'?" "Good." "Why don't you get some sleep?" "You earned it." "That was all you today." "Carrie?" "So it was a Popsicle." "But, please, next time don't parade him down the corridor." "Sam, he was murdered." " Are you sure?" " Yeah." "His name was Weiss." "One of ours." " We gotta call it in." " Yeah." "See how the FBI wants to handle it." " What camp's he with?" " I don't know." "I gotta talk to McGuire." "Anton Weiss." "Michael Rubin." "John Mooney." " What do they do at that camp?" " It's an ablation zone." " English?" " A good place to find meteorites." " It's right... there." " Weiss was nowhere near that camp." "Wait a minute." "Weiss?" "A few days ago, someone from Delta-One One called, looking for him." "I asked around." "Nobody had seen him." "Didn't you think it was odd they called here?" " Not at the time." " Was that your last communication?" "Let me see." " What's their frequency?" " Em... 11.553." "Delta-One One, South Pole." "This is US Marshal Carrie Stetko." "Over." "Delta-One One, this is US Marshall Stetko, Copy." "Over." " Let me see the log." " 'Carrie Stetko, please call Comm.'" " Stetko." " 'Marshall, it's Jamie." "'There's some guy holding from Vostok." "He won't give us his name.'" " Vostok?" "All right, patch him through." " 'You're on now.'" "Who is this?" " 'This is John Mooney, Marshal.'" " What happened, Mooney?" " 'You know who I am?" "'" " Come in, let's talk." "No." "I can't come in." "You have to come to Vostok." " 'Only you.'" " Why would I want to?" " Just come to Vostok." "Please." " Look, I got a better idea." " I'll send a plane." "You come here." " Come and you'll understand everything." "We have a real situation developing." "This storm is coming in fast, 10 hours earlier than we first calculated." " Fly eight runs?" "!" " Sorry, guys." " We need as many planes up as possible." " Is this "Top Gun"?" "How do I make eight runs?" "Same way as everyone else - by the skin of your teeth." " Rhonda, I need a plane to Vostok." " Good luck." "All my planes are committed." " Pull outs are screwed up." " I need Delfy." "Rhonda, I'm not asking." "'Listen up, all personnel." "'The expected storm is now calculated to arrive 10 hours earlier." "'Evac timetable has been accelerated.'" "'Why don't you get some sleep?" "You earned it." "'That was all you today.'" "Jack!" "Jack!" "'This is a station-wide announcement." "'All department heads must attend a meeting at 1900 hours...'" "Whoa." "What's going on?" "So I'm in McGuire's office." "One of Weiss's team calls." " Which one?" " Mooney." "Yeah, I heard of him." "Anyway, he's at Vostok, the old Russian base." "I thought they already evac'd." " As far as I know they did." " Who's on your wing?" " Delfy." "I'll be fine." " You will be fine or you are fine?" "That's the look when you first came." "That's not true." "I had a great tan then." "'Carrie, it's Delfy." "You there?" "'" " Go." " 'All fuelled up." " 'A balmy minus 50." "Ready when you are.'" " That'll be now." "You know how I feel?" "Frustrated." "I've been down here for two years dealing with misdemeanours." "Mindless, simple, no thinking." "That was the plan, and it worked." " I thought I was past it." " Miami?" "Yeah." "Ever since I saw Weiss's body, it's been like 85 degrees and 80%FASZ humidity." "Yeah, well, time is irrelevant." "That's... why they invented Scotch." " Have a good trip." " Thanks." "'Please begin your preparations on time.'" " We ought to get back to base." " There's one more building to check." "It's really dropping out there." "You sure?" "Sure you want to be there when I open this door?" "Mooney?" "It's Carrie Stetko." "Mooney?" "Mooney?" "Aah!" "Shit!" "Argh!" "Aaah!" "Why don't you get some sleep?" "You earned it." "Jack!" " 'Jack!" "'" " Carrie!" "It's me." "You're OK." "Carrie, it's me!" "It's OK!" "Hey, hey, Carrie." "Hey, Carrie." "It's me." "It's Delfy." "You're OK." "You all right?" "You with me?" "You OK?" "I found you half-conscious." "I carried you here." " You've been out ever since." " Aah!" "Mooney's dead." "There was a man." "He..." "He killed Mooney." "He tried to kill me, too." "He must still be here somewhere." " How's your chin?" " It's better than your hand." "How bad?" "Bad enough you don't wanna see." "I gotta get back out there." "Hey!" "Let me see your hands." "Hit the lights." "Who are you?" "Relax." "I've got ID." " Where are the lights?" " Get that light out of my face now." " Robert Pryce?" " UN Special Investigations Division." "Got it." " I came to talk about Weiss." " How do you know about Weiss?" "FBI notified us." "Your base commander, Murphy, called it in." "I was dropped here after the weather cleared." "Thought I'd let you two sleep." "Mind lowering that gun?" "Why is the UN interested in the murder of a geologist?" "This isn't just a murder." "It's the first murder in Antarctica." "And now our second." "We don't want this to become an international issue." " Right." " The UN wants eyes on the ground to control the flow of information." " And that's you." " That's me." "It's getting late." "We'd better get to Delta-One One while the weather holds." " I don't need your help." " We're off to a really good start here." "You don't want to share your toys." "I can do that." "I'm within my rights to commandeer your plane and your pilot if I have to." "He can." "It's your choice." "You got to Pole awfully fast." "I was in McMurdo when the call came in." " You didn't get a look at the guy?" " Yeah, six feet, 175." "ECW gear, head to toe." "Sound like anyone you know?" " I got there after the whiteout." " So you say." " Ah, Jeez." " You haven't acclimated yet." "You weren't in McMurdo long." "We're on approach." "Buckle up." "ASB, this is November One-Seven-Eight." "I'm landing at Camp Delta-One One." "Can you give me an update on the storm?" "'There's been no significant change in the approaching system." "'I'll keep you updated as it develops.'" "Roger, ASB." "We will inform you on turnaround." " Be careful around him." " Right." "Here's a map of their work site." "They searched it in a grid pattern." "Looks like they stopped on Grid 104." "I've only been here a couple of months, but when did det cord and blasting caps become standard issue?" "There's got to be 40 pounds of plastic." "What the hell were they doing?" "Supposed to be searching for meteorites on the surface." "We'd better head out there." "You know your high explosives." "You learn to recognise them pretty quick." " Karbala?" " Baghdad." "Support runs." "You?" "Somewhere in the same region, yeah." "Well, my friend, it looks like we just traded one desert for another." "But one hell of a lot colder." " So how are we doing?" " We're almost there." "How does ex-military wind up down here working for the UN?" "It was an open post." "So, really, how does a US Marshal like you end up in Antarctica?" "Open post." "We're here." "There's nothing here." "Let's head back." " Are you sure this is right?" " Section 104." "These are the co-ordinates." "Maybe we wrote it down wrong." "This ice has been worked." "They were digging here!" "They spread the ice out to cover whatever they found." "Aah!" " Marshal!" " Stetko!" " Stetko!" " Marshal!" "Marshal!" " You OK?" "!" " Just sit tight!" " I saw a rope in the Cat." " If you're hurt, try not to move!" "Watch the rope." "OK, I'm coming down." "I guess they found what they were looking for." "What the hell happened here?" " You see all that blood behind us?" " Yes, I did." "It's a cargo plane." " Is it American?" " No, I don't think so." "Whatever it is, it's an antique." "How long do you think this has been here?" "Russian vodka." "Could be an Antonov An-12." "These things haven't flown for 50 years." "Oh, my God!" " What?" "What is it?" " It's a body." "Looks like he's been shot in the head." "Here's another." "We've got another one over here." " Why is one of the pilots back here?" " Who knows?" "We really should be heading back." "Stetko?" "Well, that'll explain how they crashed." "They were in the air, the pilot stayed at the stick while the co-pilot went back." "He must have surprised the first guard and missed the others." "Then the other guards returned fire on the co-pilot." "Bang bang." "They take each other out and the pilot caught a stray." "It swallows them whole." "Jesus." "Over what?" "Where's Pryce?" "." ".What have you found?" "Nothing." "We're too late." "Be careful." "Oh, God..." "Looks like fresh blood." "It's got to be Weiss's." "Weiss had an injury to his leg." "He must have cut it getting into this box." "Whatever was in there was what they were after." "That's his blood in the shaft." " He left a trail as they dragged him out." " Right." "You're not surprised by any of this." "You knew this was here." "Talk to me, Pryce." "Two days ago, someone contacted an arms dealer on the Watch List." "He was arranging the sale of six canisters recovered from an old Soviet transport." " Containing what?" " We're not sure." "In the '50s, the Soviets mined here for nuclear material." "If that's what the geologists found in this box and it makes the open market..." " Why didn't you tell me?" " I wasn't sure your murder was connected." " Oh, they're connected." " Do you hear that?" " We're gonna run out of air." " If we don't freeze to death first." "Anything?" "No." "Great." "Looks like we're gonna have to dig ourselves out of here." "With what?" "That ice has got to be 20 feet deep." "I'm just trying to keep it upbeat." "Nobody knows we're down here." "Yeah." "Thanks for reminding me." "They don't make 'em like that any more." "Let's hope Captain America over there has got a plan." "The back-up oxygen's empty." "Must have been damaged in the crash." "Oh, great." " Hey..." " Yeah?" "You think when that guy boarded this plane he had any idea he'd end up like this?" " Oh, my God!" " What?" "That's why Weiss wasn't wearing any ECW gear when we found him." "That's why there was no axe found near the body." "Wait, wait, wait." "You're losing me." "The only way in or out of Vostok is by plane, so the killer had to have access to one." "That's why Weiss was so busted up." "That's why he was at Haworth Mesa?" "I think somebody killed him and dropped him out of a plane." "This revelation doesn't happen to come with an escape plan, does it?" "We're fucked!" "Listen, Delfy, does this plane have a main hold bail-out?" "Yeah, it's usually on the ceiling in case of an ocean landing." "Here!" "Explosive bolts." "We blow the hatch, we punch a hole through the ice." "The surface can't be more than ten feet above us." "They're 60-year-old bolts." "If the ice is too thick, the blast'll come back on us." "We blow ourselves up, suffocate or freeze to death." "Take your pick." "Do it." "We need a power source." "Here!" "There may be enough juice left in this sat phone battery." "Come on, it's cold." "You guys might want to take some cover." "Fire in the hold." "Oh, that's beautiful." "Let's stack these crates and get the hell outta here." "Carrie, Delfy!" "Come on!" "OK, let's hope we have enough juice left to start it." "Once..." "Oh, fuck." "All right, all right." "We'll just let it sit for a second." "Oh, don't." "It'll lower your core temperature." "Give me some of that!" "It's crazy." "I understand some Cold War Russians killing each other over that box, but how did three PhDs get wrapped up in shit like this?" "It's this place." "Try it again." "Come on, baby." "Yes!" "'The transport plane will arrive at 0900 hours 'for anyone who is not staying on base for the winter...'" "You need to get your hand checked out, you know." "I will." "I'll update my office and tell them what we found." "You're not listening to me." "I've got two bodies on my hands and God knows what stolen from a Russian plane!" " 'I know it's bad.'" " I wanna evac the base." "'I'm not sure we can do that.'" " I'll call you back." " Everybody off the ice?" "I can't have my people stranded with this guy running around." " You don't think I can do my job?" " That's not what I said." "Any calls on Rubin?" "No, but we've got his face out to all bases." "Fine, thanks." "Carrie!" "'Attention!" "The station manager has just informed me of a change in schedule." "'Due to recent incidents, the base is going into lockdown code for the winter." "'No personnel are to remain on base." "'This includes all international science teams." "'This is a mandatory evacuation." "'All personnel are required to depart on the transport plane.'" "Carrie!" "It's not that you can't handle this investigation." "I'm just trying to keep my people safe." "When I examined Weiss, his core wasn't completely frozen, so his body was only out on Haworth Mesa for a day at most." "I'm searching the flight logs to see which pilots were in the air then." "I got this." "Doesn't make any sense." "Sam, Weiss's body was thrown from a plane." "I've got to talk to the pilots right now." "They're evac-ing camps." "We're wheels up in less than 20 hours." " Shit!" " What happened to your hand?" "I lost my glove." "I'm gonna go to Channel 6." "Radio me when the pilots come back." "Take care of that hand, OK?" "Keeping these people safe is supposed to be MY job." "'." ".As considered dangerous." "Repeat, please report...'" "How long since you last slept?" "I don't know." "Oh, my God!" "You feel that?" "No." "Now?" "Nothing?" " I'll have to amputate these fingers." " No way!" "They're dead, Carrie." "If I don't do it now, the infection will set in and you'll lose your hand." "I'm sorry, kid." "I'm so sorry." "How ironic!" "Our last days here and both of our jobs get so complicated." "I guess I'm your warm-up for when you get home." "Are you OK...?" "Sorry." "You're gonna practise back in Chicago, aren't you?" "I'm just gonna go back and focus on my granddaughter." "You don't see kids down here too often." "You forget what they're like." "Dogs." "Trees." "Still, there's a few things I'll miss." "What?" "Zero humidity, the colour grey?" "Winter '06, radio darts championship?" " We spanked Norway." " Yes, we did." "Two winters together, Doc." "It wasn't all bad." "Are you OK?" "You're doing great, kid." "We're halfway there." "'Cloud cover is now at 10,000 feet.'" "'Attention South Pole." "'The storm is now approximately 500 miles from the station.'" "Not now." "I stopped by at the clinic." "Doc told me." "Pretty tough marshal, huh?" "I don't know." "You were pretty tough on me." "I needed to know if I could trust you." "The badge didn't do it, huh?" "A badge is just a badge." "What happened to you, Carrie?" "Why are you down here?" "Really?" "There was this case my partner and I were working." "'Drug trafficker." "After months of work, we'd finally nailed this guy.'" "It was all you today." "Get some sleep." "You earned it." "'I was feeling so good." "'I woke up and I got this bad feeling.'" "Sorry, we woke you." "No, it's too hot to sleep." "'But everything seemed fine.'" " You wanna take over?" " Sure, just give me a second." "Jack?" "'My first thought was for my partner." "'Was he hurt?" "'" "Emergency traffic, prisoner escape in progress." "My partner is down." "'Suddenly, I was in a nightmare.'" "You son of a bitch!" " How much to let him escape?" " Carrie..." "To let him kill me...?" "How much?" "Hell of a lot." "OK..." "I know this is bad, but listen to me." "Please." "Carrie..." "And I killed him." "He gave you no choice." "No, but..." "What I can't get away from is that Jack had turned and I didn't have a clue." "And if I missed that, then maybe I just don't have it." "From what I've seen, you haven't missed a beat." "And if you'd really given up on yourself, you'd have turned your badge in a long time ago, but you haven't." "So you come down here in the worst marshal's post in the planet to what?" "Punish yourself?" "OK, well, you've done that." "But you're better than this." "And I think you know that." "Let me help you." "'Carrie, do you copy?" "'" "Yeah." " 'Rubin's just been spotted.'" " Where?" " 'He left the Science Building.'" " Great." "Go." "I'm right behind you." "'I've been informed there are still personnel securing their work stations." "'You have only three hours." "Repeat." "You have three hours...'" "Rubin?" "What happened out there?" "I know about the plane." "Rubin, it's OK." "Talk to me." "We were out looking for meteor samples." "We found nothing for weeks." "And then the radar went off the charts." "We hit something big." "We debated what it could be." "We came back to base to report what we'd found." "That's when we heard the story about the lost Russian plane." "Instead of filing the report, we went back out there." "We blasted our way through the ice and found the plane." "With that goddamn box." "Weiss tore up his leg getting into it." "He was losing a lot of blood." "We tried to stop the bleeding." "We were afraid to move him." "So I radioed for help." "The plan was for him to call us when he got to Pole to tell us he was OK." "Mooney was right." "He said we couldn't trust him." "Trust who?" "Who's after you?" "Carrie!" "Stop him!" "Somebody stop him!" "Wait, let me help you!" "Rubin!" "Rubin, open the door!" "Open the door!" "Rubin!" "No!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Help..." "Help me!" "Help me!" "Help me..." "Ugh!" "Aagh!" "Carrie, it's OK!" "You got him, you got him." "I've already told you." "My name is Russell Haden." "I'm an Australian citizen and I demand to speak with my consulate." " Did he say anything more?" " Same chorus." "For a guy about to go down for a triple homicide, I'd think you'd want to help us." " What did you find in that plane?" " Remember the strip search you owe me?" "You'd be good for it now you're missing a couple of parts." "Pryce..." "'Attention!" "Good news." "The transport plane has landed.'" "Oi, oi, oi!" "You son of a bitch!" "Take your fucking hands off me!" " You got a foul mouth, mate." " I'm not your fucking mate!" "My name's Russell Haden." "I'm an Australian citizen." "Let's see how cute you are with a few parts missing." "All right!" "We know you flew out to help Weiss." "What did you do with the canisters?" " Where did you hide 'em?" " I hid them in my goddamn gear." "You crazy bitch!" "Just lock him up until we get him on the plane." "Let's go." "Move it, move it!" "Let's go." "We need to get on!" "Yeah, all right!" " Arsehole!" " Shut up!" "The storm's on our ass." "We gotta move." " We can't leave without those canisters." " 15 minutes." "I'll take it." "I'll see if his bags made it to the transport." "Sam!" "Thanks." "I'll see you on the plane." "'Attention!" "All exterior doors will be locked." "'Once you leave, you will not be able to re-enter the station." "'We've got a Category 5 storm bearing down on us...'" "You've got to be kidding me!" "Shit!" "Oh, God!" "Delfy!" "Whoa!" "It's me!" "I went looking for Doc." "I couldn't find him." "Carrie..." "OK." "Doc, we need you in the Comm Centre." "Delfy's hurt bad." "He's been stabbed." "'Be right there.'" " What the hell's going on?" " Haden's out." " What?" " Yeah, somehow he escaped." "Carrie, give me some room." " 'Carrie, where are you?" "Where's Doc?" "'" " We're inside." "'You gotta leave." "The base is locking down.'" "We can't." "Haden's loose." "He tried to kill Delfy." "We're not gonna make it to the plane." "'If we leave, you're stuck here all winter.'" "We know." "'Good luck." "Be careful.'" "We gotta get him to the clinic." "Help me." "'Station-wide evacuation is in effect." "'Repeat." "The station is now in emergency lockdown.'" "Haden's taken the keys to his plane." "He's gonna try to beat the storm." "He's gone!" "He's going back." "He's gonna lock us out!" "Agh!" "Uh..." "I'll check Operations." " You check LVD." " Be careful." "Aagh!" "No-o-o!" "Doc!" "Aagh!" "What...?" "Ugh!" "Aagh!" "Aaagh!" "Agh!" "Aaaaaagh..." "What are you doing?" "Finding out what's inside." "Don't you want to know?" "Not if it's radioactive, no." "Don't you think the Soviets would have put some marking on it if it were?" "Yeah, sure." "The mark would be on the cap." "But is it worth the risk?" "What the...?" "Unless Haden was smuggling radioactive jelly beans, he has a partner." " Yeah." " Who?" "He must've gotten out on that plane." "Yeah, he must have." "Sour apple." "'Sam, it must be on the transport.'" " 'We searched everything on the plane.'" " You searched all the passengers?" "'Yeah." "Nothing suspicious." "It must be hidden on the base.'" "Everything on the manifest made it on to the plane?" "'I don't know." "We were so rushed.'" " You have the manifest?" " 'I can get it.'" "Fax it to me now." "So what did he say?" "They're still going through everything." "He'll call me when they're done." " You must be pretty wiped out." " Yeah, I'm gonna go clean up." "Come on, Sam." "258 through 260, Science Building." "It's a fresh wound." " Somebody treated him in the field." " Yeah." "And they were in a hurry." "Say the word, I'll bag the body and put it on a plane to McMurdo." "Let them sort it out." "No big deal." "They're diamonds." "The purest, the most valuable." "They don't look like much, do they?" "You don't have a granddaughter." "Do you?" "I don't have anything." "12 years at Northwestern, 20 years in private practice." "What the hell am I doing now?" "I'm down here treating frostbite." "A hangover, whatever." "Those diamonds were under that ice for 50 years." "Who would miss them?" "It was my chance to take back something of what they took from me." "From you?" "How about what you took from them?" "From me?" "We were friends." "How's the hand?" "It hurts." "Yeah, it will for some time." "And even now they're gone, you're gonna feel like they're there." "I gotta turn you in, Doc." "Yeah, I know." "I never meant for anyone to get hurt, but Haden was too greedy." "Hell, we all were." "The aurora australis is pretty special at this time of year." "You haven't really watched it, have you?" "No." "I'd like to see it one last time." "OK." "You owe it to yourself to see it some time." "It's a hell of a show." "Yeah!" " I feel a spare coming on." " I guarantee you don't split those posts." " It's embarrassing." " Has he broken 100 yet?" "Watch and learn." "Oh, so sad!" " I intimidate you, don't I?" " Oh, yeah." " Where are you going?" " I gotta do the rounds."