"Inspired by a true story" "Barrow, Alaska October. 1988" "Anchorage, Alaska" "NBC Studios." "New York" "Greenpeace Headquarters." "Anchorage" "Boulder." "Colorado" "KABC Studios." "Los Angeles" "Eagle River." "Alaska" "Prudhoe Bay." "Alaska" "Minneapolis." "Minnesota" "USSR Admiral Arsenyev, Bering Sea" "How much you want to bet they'll call?" "How much?" "Fifty rubles." "A hundred and bubble gum." "Bubble gum it is." "Vladivostok Base to icebreaker Admiral Arsenyev." "Stand by to receive transmission of new orders..." "Steer course to 160." "You know this could end very badly." "The sea is freezing over." "If we don't act fast we're going to be trapped with those whales." "Just give him a cheer so we can get on with it." "To the little one." "...with the Soviets racing across the sea the whales are now within a mile of the ridge." "They could've told us it was so big." "Maybe this wasn't such a great idea." "Slow ahead 10 knots." "Very well." "Let's go again." "Stand by." "Stop engine." "We could have structural damage." "We go again." "No." "It's too dangerous." "We did enough." "30 knots." "Full ahead."