diff --git "a/subtitle/YtAL8y2lACs.srt" "b/subtitle/YtAL8y2lACs.srt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/subtitle/YtAL8y2lACs.srt" @@ -0,0 +1,5958 @@ +1 +00:00:01,501 --> 00:00:06,306 + + [WIND HOWLING]. + +2 +00:00:16,582 --> 00:00:21,621 + +♪ ♪ + +3 +00:00:23,255 --> 00:00:27,927 + + NARRATOR: ANTARCTICA. + +4 +00:00:28,027 --> 00:00:30,629 + + IT'S THE LEAST EXPLORED, + +5 +00:00:30,729 --> 00:00:35,268 + + LEAST UNDERSTOOD + + CONTINENT ON EARTH. + +6 +00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,744 + + IN WINTER, + + THE SUN NEVER RISES. + +7 +00:00:45,111 --> 00:00:48,380 + + IN SUMMER, + + IT NEVER SETS. + +8 +00:00:48,481 --> 00:00:52,751 + + 5.4 MILLION SQUARE + + MILES OF FROZEN DESERT, + +9 +00:00:52,851 --> 00:00:56,656 + + HOME TO THE + + DRIEST PLACE ON EARTH. + +10 +00:00:57,056 --> 00:01:01,861 + + AVERAGE WINTER TEMPERATURE: + + 20 TO 90 BELOW. + +11 +00:01:02,361 --> 00:01:06,065 + + BARELY ANYTHING + + CAN SURVIVE HERE; + +12 +00:01:06,165 --> 00:01:09,702 + + NO NATIVE + + PEOPLE OR LAND MAMMALS, + +13 +00:01:09,801 --> 00:01:13,473 + + NOT EVEN A SINGLE TREE. + +14 +00:01:13,573 --> 00:01:16,142 + + BUT IN SPITE OF THE + + WORST CONDITIONS ON EARTH, + +15 +00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:19,712 + + HUMANITY IS WORKING + + TO SCRATCH OUT A PRESENCE. + +16 +00:01:19,812 --> 00:01:23,515 + + [CHOPPER]. + +17 +00:01:23,749 --> 00:01:24,950 + +HEFF: OH, LOOK AT THAT. + +18 +00:01:25,050 --> 00:01:26,285 + +DANNY UHLMANN: WOW! + +19 +00:01:26,385 --> 00:01:29,789 + +HEFF: THAT IS ONE MOTHER + +OF A BLOODY, UH, CREVASSE. + +20 +00:01:29,889 --> 00:01:32,390 + +DR. OHNEISER: NOW, WE + +ADVANCE ONWARDS INTO NOTHING. + +21 +00:01:32,491 --> 00:01:34,994 + +IT'S JUST ICE + +SHELF AND HORIZON NOW. + +22 +00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:36,462 + +CAPTAIN WALKER: WE'RE + +ABOUT TO HIT SOME ICE. + +23 +00:01:36,562 --> 00:01:40,433 + +NAVIGATOR: + +BRACE FOR SHOCK. + +24 +00:01:41,667 --> 00:01:44,070 + + NARRATOR: THE + + WORLD'S TOP SCIENTISTS. + +25 +00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:45,503 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: + +THEY'RE REALLY CRYPTIC. + +26 +00:01:45,604 --> 00:01:47,607 + +TOTALLY DESIGNED FOR + +LIVING IN THE SEA ICE. + +27 +00:01:47,707 --> 00:01:50,209 + + NARRATOR: AND THE MEN + +AND WOMEN WHO KEEP THEM ALIVE. + +28 +00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:52,044 + +TOM ARNOLD: OH, WE'RE + +JUST ABOUT TO ENTER INTO + +29 +00:01:52,144 --> 00:01:53,979 + +THE SHEAR ZONE HERE. + +30 +00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:55,982 + + NARRATOR: JOIN FORCES + + TO BATTLE CONDITIONS THAT + +31 +00:01:56,082 --> 00:01:58,084 + + THREATEN HUMAN LIFE. + +32 +00:01:58,184 --> 00:02:01,420 + +TOM ARNOLD: VISIBILITY'S + +DOWN TO 20 METERS. + +33 +00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,258 + + NARRATOR: THE COLDEST + + TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED: + +34 +00:02:05,358 --> 00:02:09,928 + + 135.8 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. + +35 +00:02:10,295 --> 00:02:13,032 + + AND THE STRONGEST + + EVER SUSTAINED WIND: + +36 +00:02:13,132 --> 00:02:17,003 + + 199 MILES PER HOUR. + +37 +00:02:17,103 --> 00:02:23,476 + + [GUSTING WIND] + +38 +00:02:26,845 --> 00:02:28,715 + + ALL IN THE NAME + + OF RESEARCH... + +39 +00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:30,282 + +ROB TEASDALE: HOLD ON! + +40 +00:02:30,382 --> 00:02:32,051 + + NARRATOR: THAT COULD + + CHANGE THE WORLD. + +41 +00:02:32,151 --> 00:02:33,886 + +DR. OHNEISER: AH! + +42 +00:02:33,986 --> 00:02:35,989 + +DR. BEJDER: WE'RE IN + +SOME PRETTY THICK ICE HERE. + +43 +00:02:36,089 --> 00:02:38,957 + +FRED: I CAN'T + +SEE (BLEEP) ANYMORE. + +44 +00:02:39,658 --> 00:02:40,960 + +CAPTAIN WALKER: HEY, + +WHAT JUST HAPPENED? + +45 +00:02:41,060 --> 00:02:42,895 + +SOMETHING, I + +JUST HIT SOMETHING. + +46 +00:02:42,995 --> 00:02:44,430 + + [ALARM]. + +47 +00:02:44,530 --> 00:02:45,731 + +MAN: WE'VE GOT AN ALARM. + +48 +00:02:45,831 --> 00:02:46,832 + +SEND SOMEBODY + +TO INVESTIGATE IT. + +49 +00:02:46,932 --> 00:02:48,466 + +MAN: WANT TO PUT THE + +PROPULSION MOTOR IN NEUTRAL? + +50 +00:02:48,567 --> 00:02:50,970 + +SEAN: THAT + +LOOKS (BLEEP) STEEP. + +51 +00:02:51,070 --> 00:02:52,238 + +BLOODY HELL. + +52 +00:02:52,338 --> 00:02:53,972 + + [INAUDIBLE]. + +53 +00:02:54,072 --> 00:02:59,579 + + NARRATOR: ANTARCTICA IS THE + + LAST GREAT MYSTERY ON EARTH. + +54 +00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:11,991 + +♪ ♪ + +55 +00:03:12,791 --> 00:03:18,464 + + IN THIS FROZEN WASTELAND, + + AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANET, + +56 +00:03:19,232 --> 00:03:23,536 + + IT TAKES A MASSIVE + + EFFORT JUST TO SURVIVE. + +57 +00:03:25,371 --> 00:03:27,840 + + THERE ARE OVER 70 BASES. + +58 +00:03:27,940 --> 00:03:30,943 + + BUILT BY 30 COUNTRIES. + +59 +00:03:31,043 --> 00:03:33,746 + + AND SPREAD + + ACROSS THE CONTINENT. + +60 +00:03:33,846 --> 00:03:35,848 + + AT THE MOUTH + + OF MCMURDO SOUND, + +61 +00:03:35,948 --> 00:03:38,384 + + IN THE HEART OF + + THE ROSS SEA REGION, + +62 +00:03:38,484 --> 00:03:43,356 + + IS SCOTT BASE, NEW ZEALAND'S + + PERMANENT RESEARCH OUTPOST. + +63 +00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:46,426 + +TRUDIE: HEY GUYS, + +WELCOME TO SCOTT BASE. + +64 +00:03:46,526 --> 00:03:47,459 + +PETER MCCARTHY: + +GET YOUR GEAR OFF. + +65 +00:03:47,559 --> 00:03:48,528 + +GET COMFORTABLE. + +66 +00:03:48,628 --> 00:03:50,763 + + NARRATOR: HERE + + SCIENTISTS ARE HOUSED, FED, + +67 +00:03:50,863 --> 00:03:54,200 + + AND PROTECTED FROM THE + + ELEMENTS BY A NETWORK OF + +68 +00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:58,004 + + GREEN BUILDINGS, LINKED + + BY WEATHERPROOF TUNNELS, + +69 +00:03:59,171 --> 00:04:02,709 + + AND IT'S ALL COORDINATED + + BY SCOTT BASE LEADERSHIP. + +70 +00:04:03,809 --> 00:04:05,778 + +PETER MCCARTHY: RIGHT + +NOW AT SCOTT BASE THIS IS + +71 +00:04:05,878 --> 00:04:07,079 + +THE BUSY SEASON. + +72 +00:04:07,179 --> 00:04:08,581 + +IT STARTS IN OCTOBER + +AND GOES RIGHT ALL THE + +73 +00:04:08,681 --> 00:04:09,982 + +WAY THROUGH TO FEBRUARY. + +74 +00:04:10,082 --> 00:04:12,685 + +SO, THAT'S FIVE MONTHS + +WE'RE PRETTY MUCH PEAKING. + +75 +00:04:12,785 --> 00:04:15,254 + +IN TOTAL WITH HAVE + +ABOUT 330 PEOPLE GOING SOUTH. + +76 +00:04:15,353 --> 00:04:16,555 + +SO IT'S PRETTY CRAZY. + +77 +00:04:16,654 --> 00:04:18,423 + +IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, + +OVER 200 PEOPLE TO SUPPORT, + +78 +00:04:18,524 --> 00:04:22,295 + +YOU KNOW, 90 SCIENTISTS. + +79 +00:04:22,562 --> 00:04:24,363 + +ROB TEASDALE: GET + +THAT ONE OVER UP ON TOP. + +80 +00:04:24,464 --> 00:04:27,332 + +DR. OHNEISER: I CAN HELP + +YOU TIE THAT STUFF DOWN. + +81 +00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:30,002 + + NARRATOR: TODAY, THE ROSS + + ICE SHELF TEAM IS LEAVING + +82 +00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:32,572 + + ON ONE OF THE MOST + + AMBITIOUS EXPEDITIONS IN + +83 +00:04:32,672 --> 00:04:34,573 + + THE HISTORY OF SCOTT BASE. + +84 +00:04:34,673 --> 00:04:35,875 + +CHRISTINA: + +WE'RE PACKING UP. + +85 +00:04:35,975 --> 00:04:38,277 + +ALL OF OUR SCIENCE + +CARGO IS READY TO GO. + +86 +00:04:38,377 --> 00:04:41,747 + + NARRATOR: TEN SCIENTISTS, + + AND TWO SURVIVAL EXPERTS, + +87 +00:04:41,847 --> 00:04:46,251 + + ARE GOING 220 MILES SOUTH TO + +A FLOATING MASS OF ICE ATTACHED + +88 +00:04:46,351 --> 00:04:50,689 + + TO THE CONTINENT, WHERE NO + + ONE HAS LIKELY EVER SET FOOT. + +89 +00:04:50,789 --> 00:04:52,491 + +DR. OHNEISER: THE ROSS ICE + +SHELF IS THE LARGEST LUMP OF + +90 +00:04:52,591 --> 00:04:53,793 + +FLOATING ICE IN THE WORLD. + +91 +00:04:53,893 --> 00:04:56,829 + +IT'S THE SIZE OF FRANCE + +AND ACTUALLY WE'VE GOT ONE + +92 +00:04:56,929 --> 00:04:59,999 + +MEASUREMENT THAT'S + +EVER BEEN MADE IN THE 1970'S. + +93 +00:05:00,099 --> 00:05:03,035 + +THAT'S IT, AND THE + +REST OF IT'S A MYSTERY. + +94 +00:05:03,135 --> 00:05:04,336 + +SO LITTLE IS KNOWN. + +95 +00:05:04,437 --> 00:05:07,140 + +THE SURFACE OF PLUTO HAS + +MUCH BETTER IMAGERY THAN + +96 +00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,042 + +WHAT'S BENEATH + +THE ROSS ICE SHELF. + +97 +00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:12,144 + +IT'S A LOT OF NEW STUFF + +THAT WE'RE GONNA DISCOVER. + +98 +00:05:12,244 --> 00:05:14,713 + + NARRATOR: DR. CHRISTIAN + + OHNEISER AND HIS TEAM ARE + +99 +00:05:14,813 --> 00:05:17,216 + + HOPING TO LEARN HOW THE + + ICE SHELF REACTED TO CLIMATE + +100 +00:05:17,316 --> 00:05:20,653 + + SHIFTS IN THE DISTANT PAST, + +SO THEY CAN TRY TO PREDICT HOW + +101 +00:05:20,753 --> 00:05:24,757 + + FAST IT MIGHT MELT AS THE + +CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE. + +102 +00:05:24,857 --> 00:05:26,792 + +DR. OHNEISER: THE ROSS + +ICE SHELF HOLDS BACK A PIECE + +103 +00:05:26,892 --> 00:05:28,227 + +OF ICE SHEET + +THAT'S THREATENED. + +104 +00:05:28,327 --> 00:05:31,964 + +IF IT FALLS + +APART AND IT MELTS. + +105 +00:05:35,968 --> 00:05:39,605 + +EVEN THOUGH IT'S FAR AWAY, + +THE IMPACT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE + +106 +00:05:39,705 --> 00:05:42,207 + +IN THE ORDER OF SIX, + +SEVEN METERS OF SEA LEVEL. + +107 +00:05:42,307 --> 00:05:44,877 + +BUT, I'D BE WORRIED ABOUT + +10 CENTIMETERS THAT'S ALREADY + +108 +00:05:44,977 --> 00:05:47,479 + +ENOUGH TO IMPACT + +LOW-LYING AREAS LIKE WHERE + +109 +00:05:47,579 --> 00:05:49,181 + +I COME FROM SOUTH DUNEDIN. + +110 +00:05:49,281 --> 00:05:51,084 + +YOU CAN WRITE OFF + +WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS THERE. + +111 +00:05:51,183 --> 00:05:54,987 + +SIX METERS OF COURSE + +YOU'RE WIPING OUT EVERYTHING. + +112 +00:05:55,087 --> 00:05:57,690 + +TOM ARNOLD: WE'VE GOT FIRE + +EXTINGUISHERS IN ALL VEHICLES. + +113 +00:05:57,790 --> 00:05:59,325 + +ROB TEASDALE: I'LL JUST + +GO AND DOUBLE CHECK THAT + +114 +00:05:59,425 --> 00:06:00,960 + +THEY'RE IN THERE. + +115 +00:06:01,060 --> 00:06:03,796 + + NARRATOR: TOM IS + + IN CHARGE TEAM SAFETY, + +116 +00:06:03,896 --> 00:06:06,966 + + AND HE HAS TO LEAD THEM + + SOUTH ACROSS OVER 200 MILES + +117 +00:06:07,066 --> 00:06:10,669 + + OF ROUGH ICE, INCLUDING + + A KNOWN AREA OF DEADLY CRACKS + +118 +00:06:10,769 --> 00:06:12,838 + + CALLED THE SHEAR ZONE. + +119 +00:06:12,938 --> 00:06:15,607 + +TOM ARNOLD: THE SHEAR ZONE, + +MASSIVE CREVASSING OUT THERE. + +120 +00:06:15,707 --> 00:06:16,876 + +THEY ARE HUGE. + +121 +00:06:16,976 --> 00:06:18,477 + +PRETTY HUMBLING SIGHT. + +122 +00:06:18,577 --> 00:06:21,147 + +NOBODY IS TO LEAVE A + +VEHICLE DURING THAT TIME WE + +123 +00:06:21,247 --> 00:06:22,714 + +GO THROUGH THAT AREA. + +124 +00:06:22,815 --> 00:06:24,717 + +SOME OF THE CREVASSES + +IN THE SHEAR ZONE CAN BE + +125 +00:06:24,817 --> 00:06:29,422 + +FIVE, SIX, SEVEN METERS WIDE + +AND PROBABLY 30, 40 METERS DEEP. + +126 +00:06:30,589 --> 00:06:33,726 + +SO IT REALLY GIVES YOU THAT + +PERSPECTIVE THAT WE'RE QUITE A + +127 +00:06:33,826 --> 00:06:35,761 + +SMALL FISH IN THE + +GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS AND + +128 +00:06:35,861 --> 00:06:37,897 + +MOTHER NATURE + +REALLY HAS CONTROL HERE. + +129 +00:06:37,997 --> 00:06:39,765 + +THREE IN THE BACK, + +ONE IN THE FRONT! + +130 +00:06:39,865 --> 00:06:41,400 + +YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. + +131 +00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:43,569 + +KNOWING THAT IT'S MY + +RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE + +132 +00:06:43,669 --> 00:06:45,605 + +THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET + +BACK TO SCOTT BASE SAFELY + +133 +00:06:45,705 --> 00:06:47,406 + +IS A HUGE, HUGE DEAL. + +134 +00:06:47,506 --> 00:06:50,543 + +ROB TEASDALE: LET'S ROLL. + +135 +00:07:00,252 --> 00:07:02,188 + + NARRATOR: TO + + SURVIVE THE JOURNEY, + +136 +00:07:02,288 --> 00:07:04,757 + + THE TEAM IS RELYING + + ON SPECIALIZED VEHICLES, + +137 +00:07:04,857 --> 00:07:06,425 + + CALLED HÄGGLUNDS. + +138 +00:07:06,525 --> 00:07:08,627 + +GREG: THESE HÄGGLUNDS, + +PRETTY TOUGH. + +139 +00:07:08,727 --> 00:07:09,928 + +THEY'RE TRACK VEHICLES. + +140 +00:07:10,028 --> 00:07:11,797 + +THEY SHARE + +SIMILARITIES WITH TANKS. + +141 +00:07:11,897 --> 00:07:17,036 + +THEY'RE REALLY WELL SUITED + +FOR WHAT WE NEED THEM TO DO. + +142 +00:07:17,269 --> 00:07:19,338 + +DR. OHNEISER: I'M LOOKING AT + +THIS WHITE EXPANSE OF NOTHING, + +143 +00:07:19,438 --> 00:07:21,540 + +AND IT'S A BIT CREEPY. + +144 +00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,476 + +WE'VE SPENT SO + +MUCH ENERGY AND TIME. + +145 +00:07:23,576 --> 00:07:25,811 + +MONTHS OF PLANNING AND + +BUILDING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. + +146 +00:07:25,911 --> 00:07:27,880 + +BUT, NOW WHAT HAPPENS? + +147 +00:07:27,980 --> 00:07:29,148 + +NO ONE'S EVER + +DONE THIS BEFORE. + +148 +00:07:29,248 --> 00:07:30,315 + +IT'S EXPLORATION. + +149 +00:07:30,415 --> 00:07:32,151 + +IT'S GONNA + +BE INTERESTING. + +150 +00:07:32,251 --> 00:07:34,786 + +FROM THIS POINT ON WE'VE GOT + +FOUR HOURS BEFORE WE GET INTO + +151 +00:07:34,886 --> 00:07:37,890 + +THE SHEAR ZONE, AND THEN VERY + +GINGERLY MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH, + +152 +00:07:37,990 --> 00:07:43,830 + +UM, WHAT'S ESSENTIALLY + +A MINEFIELD OF CREVASSES. + +153 +00:07:52,137 --> 00:07:54,874 + +BARBARA: ANTARCTICA, + +WE'RE HERE, WE HAVE ARRIVED. + +154 +00:07:54,974 --> 00:07:58,477 + + NARRATOR: SCOTT BASE CAN + +ONLY HOUSE 85 PEOPLE AT A TIME. + +155 +00:07:58,577 --> 00:08:01,814 + + SO, PROJECTS ARE + + CONSTANTLY CYCLING THROUGH. + +156 +00:08:01,914 --> 00:08:06,518 + + THERE ARE MORE THAN 90 + +MISSIONS SCHEDULED THIS SEASON. + +157 +00:08:06,752 --> 00:08:09,855 + + NONE OF THEM MORE + + CHALLENGING THAN THIS ONE. + +158 +00:08:09,955 --> 00:08:10,889 + +DANNY UHLMANN: HEY, GRAHAM. + +159 +00:08:10,989 --> 00:08:11,924 + +DR. HILL: DANNY! + +160 +00:08:12,024 --> 00:08:13,492 + +DANNY UHLMANN: DO WE + +HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED? + +161 +00:08:13,592 --> 00:08:15,961 + +ALL THE CABLES + +AND COILS AND SKIS? + +162 +00:08:16,061 --> 00:08:17,596 + +DR. HILL: + +THEY'RE ALL OUT THERE. + +163 +00:08:17,696 --> 00:08:18,831 + +DANNY UHLMANN: GOOD. + +164 +00:08:18,931 --> 00:08:21,367 + + NARRATOR: THE MT. EREBUS + + TEAM IS STUDYING ANTARCTICA'S + +165 +00:08:21,467 --> 00:08:23,168 + + MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO, + +166 +00:08:23,269 --> 00:08:25,804 + + CHOPPERING TO 132 + + DIFFERENT SITES TO PLANT + +167 +00:08:25,904 --> 00:08:28,341 + + INSTRUMENTS THAT'LL + + CREATE A COMPOSITE IMAGE OF + +168 +00:08:28,441 --> 00:08:29,775 + + ITS INNER WORKINGS. + +169 +00:08:29,875 --> 00:08:31,443 + +DR. HILL: OOO, + +THOSE ARE STINKY. + +170 +00:08:31,544 --> 00:08:32,912 + + NARRATOR: TODAY, + + THEY'RE GEARING UP TO FLY + +171 +00:08:33,011 --> 00:08:34,580 + + NEAR ITS SUMMIT. + +172 +00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,950 + +DANNY UHLMANN: GETTING + +DRESSED TO GO ABOUT 11,000 FEET. + +173 +00:08:38,049 --> 00:08:42,721 + +SO, IT COULD BE MINUS 20 UP + +THERE AND IT'S A RULE THAT WE + +174 +00:08:42,821 --> 00:08:44,824 + +ALWAYS HAVE TO WEAR + +THIS BIG PUFFY JACKET IN + +175 +00:08:44,924 --> 00:08:47,626 + +THE HELICOPTER + +IN CASE IT CRASHES. + +176 +00:08:47,726 --> 00:08:49,362 + +DR. HILL: ANOTHER DAY. + +177 +00:08:49,462 --> 00:08:51,797 + +DOUBLE LAYERS FOR + +COMFORT AND EXTRA WARMTH. + +178 +00:08:51,897 --> 00:08:53,966 + + NARRATOR: DR. GRAHAM + + HILL IS A LEAD SCIENTIST + +179 +00:08:54,066 --> 00:08:55,201 + + FOR THE PROJECT. + +180 +00:08:55,301 --> 00:08:57,002 + +DR. HILL: WE'RE MEASURING + +THE ELECTRIC FIELD AND THE + +181 +00:08:57,102 --> 00:09:01,073 + +MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE + +VOLCANO AT A SERIES OF POINTS, + +182 +00:09:01,173 --> 00:09:04,043 + +WHICH WE THEN COMBINE + +AND DO EFFECTIVELY A + +183 +00:09:04,143 --> 00:09:06,612 + +CAT SCAN OF THE SUBSURFACE. + +184 +00:09:06,712 --> 00:09:08,914 + +SO, IF WE CAN GET A + +COULD GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING + +185 +00:09:09,014 --> 00:09:11,683 + +OF WHAT THE STRUCTURE IS, + +WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING + +186 +00:09:11,783 --> 00:09:13,919 + +OF WHAT SIGNALS + +THEY MIGHT GENERATE WHEN + +187 +00:09:14,019 --> 00:09:15,955 + +THEY'RE GOING TO ERUPT. + +188 +00:09:16,055 --> 00:09:17,623 + +WE'LL BE HEADING OUT. + +189 +00:09:17,723 --> 00:09:19,892 + +DR. HILL: AND WE CAN + +APPLY WHAT WE LEARN ABOUT HOW + +190 +00:09:19,992 --> 00:09:23,262 + +THIS VOLCANO WORKS TO + +OTHER VOLCANOES ELSEWHERE + +191 +00:09:23,362 --> 00:09:24,630 + +IN THE WORLD. + +192 +00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:27,133 + +BECAUSE QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE + +LIVE NEAR VOLCANIC CENTERS. + +193 +00:09:27,233 --> 00:09:29,235 + +SO, IF THEY ERUPT, + +THAT COULD JUST WIPE OUT + +194 +00:09:29,335 --> 00:09:30,702 + +THE SURROUNDING AREA. + +195 +00:09:30,802 --> 00:09:34,807 + +VOLCANOES HAVE A BIG + +IMPACT ON HUMAN LIFE. + +196 +00:09:34,907 --> 00:09:37,409 + +DANNY UHLMANN: + +LET'S GET OVER THERE. + +197 +00:09:37,876 --> 00:09:40,512 + +DR. HILL: + +TIME TO GO TO WORK. + +198 +00:09:40,612 --> 00:09:42,848 + +DANNY UHLMANN: + +ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE. + +199 +00:09:42,948 --> 00:09:44,617 + + NARRATOR: DANNY + + ISN'T A SCIENTIST. + +200 +00:09:44,717 --> 00:09:46,752 + + HE'S A WORLD + + CLASS MOUNTAINEER. + +201 +00:09:46,852 --> 00:09:48,854 + + AND IT'S HIS JOB IS + + TO KEEP THE TEAM ALIVE ON + +202 +00:09:48,954 --> 00:09:50,790 + + THE SIDE OF THE VOLCANO. + +203 +00:09:50,890 --> 00:09:52,190 + +DANNY UHLMANN: LET'S GO. + +204 +00:09:52,290 --> 00:09:53,693 + +I LOVE DOING MY JOB. + +205 +00:09:53,793 --> 00:09:56,695 + +I GET TO TAKE PEOPLE ON + +ALL THESE FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, + +206 +00:09:56,796 --> 00:09:58,830 + +BUT YOU'RE NOT IN + +CONTROL OF THE ENVIRONMENT. + +207 +00:09:58,930 --> 00:10:00,766 + +EITHER YOU'RE + +SAFE AND YOU COME HOME, + +208 +00:10:00,866 --> 00:10:02,901 + +OR YOU SCREW UP + +AND YOU DON'T COME HOME. + +209 +00:10:03,001 --> 00:10:06,038 + +RADIO: INDIA DELTA + +ECHO MAC CENTER, ROGER. + +210 +00:10:11,810 --> 00:10:13,512 + + NARRATOR: THIS IS HEFF. + +211 +00:10:13,612 --> 00:10:16,248 + + HEFF FLIES THE CHOPPER. + +212 +00:10:16,348 --> 00:10:20,419 + + MT. EREBUS IS JUST + + MORE THAN 20 MILES AWAY AND + +213 +00:10:20,519 --> 00:10:23,221 + + HE HAS TO NAVIGATE + + UNPREDICTABLE WINDS. + +214 +00:10:23,322 --> 00:10:24,890 + +HEFF: BIT OF + +A BREEZE UP HERE. + +215 +00:10:24,990 --> 00:10:26,559 + +20 KNOTS MAYBE. + +216 +00:10:26,659 --> 00:10:28,394 + +DANNY UHLMANN: PRETTY GOOD. + +217 +00:10:28,494 --> 00:10:32,130 + + NARRATOR: HE ALSO HAS TO + + FIND A SAFE PLACE TO LAND. + +218 +00:10:32,230 --> 00:10:37,370 + + AND THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN + + IS COVERED IN CREVASSES. + +219 +00:10:40,238 --> 00:10:42,508 + +DANNY UHLMANN: BASICALLY, + +A CREVASSE IS LIKE AN OPENING + +220 +00:10:42,608 --> 00:10:44,009 + +IN THE GLACIER LIKE THIS. + +221 +00:10:44,109 --> 00:10:45,610 + +THERE'S A LOT OF + +ACTION IN THIS AREA, + +222 +00:10:45,711 --> 00:10:48,447 + +A LOT OF + +MOVEMENT IN THE GLACIER. + +223 +00:10:50,148 --> 00:10:51,183 + +HEFF: OH, LOOK AT THAT. + +224 +00:10:51,283 --> 00:10:52,350 + +DANNY UHLMANN: WOW. + +225 +00:10:52,451 --> 00:10:55,354 + +HEFF: THAT IS ONE + +MOTHER OF A BLOODY CREVASSE. + +226 +00:10:55,454 --> 00:10:59,692 + +DANNY UHLMANN: SOMETIMES + +YOU CAN SEE RIGHT INTO THEM + +227 +00:10:59,792 --> 00:11:01,426 + +AND YOU GO, "YUP, + +THAT'S A CREVASSE. + +228 +00:11:01,526 --> 00:11:05,064 + +I'M NOT GOING TO LAND + +IN THAT BIG, GAPING HOLE." + +229 +00:11:05,164 --> 00:11:10,002 + +BUT OFTEN, IT CAN BE HIDDEN + +UNDERNEATH A SNOW BRIDGE. + +230 +00:11:11,036 --> 00:11:13,605 + +FROM THE HELICOPTER THEY COULD + +BE ANY OLD SIZE, YOU KNOW? + +231 +00:11:13,705 --> 00:11:15,007 + +DR. HILL: YEAH, + +SOMETHING LIKE THAT. + +232 +00:11:15,107 --> 00:11:17,275 + +SOME PEOPLE WOULD THINK THAT + +WE'RE A LITTLE BIT CRAZY TO + +233 +00:11:17,375 --> 00:11:20,245 + +COME TO ANTARCTICA AND FLY + +AROUND ON A CREVASSE-FILLED + +234 +00:11:20,345 --> 00:11:22,014 + +VOLCANO THAT IS ERUPTING. + +235 +00:11:22,114 --> 00:11:23,616 + +YOU CAN SEE WE'RE KINDA + +OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT + +236 +00:11:23,716 --> 00:11:24,917 + +ICE STREAM THERE. + +237 +00:11:25,017 --> 00:11:26,452 + +HEFF: YEAH. + +238 +00:11:26,552 --> 00:11:27,986 + +DR. HILL: WHEN YOU TELL + +PEOPLE THESE KIND OF THINGS + +239 +00:11:28,086 --> 00:11:29,922 + +BACK HOME THEY DO + +LOOK AT YOU A BIT ODD. + +240 +00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:31,690 + +"WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?" + +241 +00:11:31,790 --> 00:11:35,627 + +IT'S JUST ONE OF THE REALITIES + +OF ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK. + +242 +00:11:35,727 --> 00:11:37,496 + +HEFF: ALL RIGHT, ONE MILE. + +243 +00:11:37,596 --> 00:11:38,697 + +START LOOKIN. + +244 +00:11:38,797 --> 00:11:40,399 + +DANNY UHLMANN: WE'LL JUST + +FIND THE NICEST LOOKING SPOT. + +245 +00:11:40,499 --> 00:11:41,433 + +HEFF: RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. + +246 +00:11:41,533 --> 00:11:43,068 + +DR. HILL: THAT'S GREAT HEFF. + +247 +00:11:43,168 --> 00:11:45,003 + +BUT WE'RE WORKING + +WITH EXCELLENT PILOTS, + +248 +00:11:45,103 --> 00:11:46,405 + +SOME OF THE + +BEST IN THE WORLD. + +249 +00:11:46,505 --> 00:11:49,241 + +WE'VE GOT TOTAL FAITH IN + +THE GUYS WE'RE FLYING WITH. + +250 +00:11:49,341 --> 00:11:53,512 + +HEFF: ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET + +DOWN TO THE, UM, BUSINESS END. + +251 +00:11:56,081 --> 00:11:59,218 + +RIGHT-O, I'M JUST + +GONNA COME IN THERE. + +252 +00:11:59,318 --> 00:12:02,054 + +GRAVITY'S TAKING HOLD. + +253 +00:12:06,658 --> 00:12:08,360 + + NARRATOR: THEY'VE LANDED, + +254 +00:12:08,460 --> 00:12:10,963 + + BUT THEY'RE NOT + + OUT OF THE WOODS YET. + +255 +00:12:11,063 --> 00:12:13,966 + + JUST THIS YEAR, A VETERAN + + PILOT FROM AN AUSSIE BASE + +256 +00:12:14,066 --> 00:12:17,202 + + LANDED ON WHAT + + APPEARED TO BE SAFE GROUND. + +257 +00:12:17,302 --> 00:12:18,871 + +NEWS ANCHOR: HE WAS + +DELIVERING FUEL TO A DEPOT + +258 +00:12:18,971 --> 00:12:20,573 + +ON THE WEST ICE SHELF. + +259 +00:12:20,673 --> 00:12:22,274 + +AFTER GETTING OUT + +OF HIS HELICOPTER, + +260 +00:12:22,374 --> 00:12:24,009 + +HE FELL INTO + +A DEEP CREVASSE. + +261 +00:12:24,109 --> 00:12:26,177 + +THEY MANAGED TO RETRIEVE + +HIM FROM A DEPTH OF ABOUT + +262 +00:12:26,277 --> 00:12:29,714 + +20 METERS, BUT HE + +DIED OF HIS INJURIES. + +263 +00:12:29,815 --> 00:12:31,950 + + [HELICOPTER BLADES SPINNING]. + +264 +00:12:32,050 --> 00:12:34,386 + + NARRATOR: IT'S DANNY'S + + JOB TO CHECK FOR CREVASSES, + +265 +00:12:34,486 --> 00:12:37,523 + + LIKE THAT ONE WHILE THE + +PILOT KEEPS THE ROTOR SPINNING + +266 +00:12:37,623 --> 00:12:40,125 + + TO TAKE OFF QUICKLY + + IF THE SNOW CAVES IN. + +267 +00:12:40,225 --> 00:12:42,595 + +HEFF: ALRIGHT, I + +WOULD SAY JUMP OUT THERE. + +268 +00:12:52,938 --> 00:12:56,876 + + [HELICOPTER BLADES SPINNING]. + +269 +00:12:58,244 --> 00:12:59,678 + +DANNY UHLMANN: ARE THE + +PROBES IN THE POD THERE? + +270 +00:12:59,778 --> 00:13:01,413 + +HEFF: IT'S IN YOUR POD, YEP. + +271 +00:13:01,513 --> 00:13:02,681 + +DANNY UHLMANN: OKAY. + +272 +00:13:02,781 --> 00:13:04,383 + + NARRATOR: THE + + MT. EREBUS TEAM'S + +273 +00:13:04,483 --> 00:13:06,418 + + CHOPPER IS STILL POWERED, + +274 +00:13:06,518 --> 00:13:08,887 + + SO IT CAN LIFT OFF IF A + +CREVASSE OPENS UP BENEATH THEM. + +275 +00:13:08,987 --> 00:13:11,323 + +DANNY UHLMANN: I'LL + +JUST GO HAVE A LITTLE POKE. + +276 +00:13:11,423 --> 00:13:14,593 + + NARRATOR: AND ITS DANNY'S JOB + + TO TEST FOR HARD-PACKED SNOW, + +277 +00:13:14,693 --> 00:13:16,328 + + AND AVOID HIDDEN HOLES. + +278 +00:13:16,428 --> 00:13:18,197 + +DANNY UHLMANN: THERE'S NO + +DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT WE'RE ON + +279 +00:13:18,297 --> 00:13:21,700 + +TERRAIN THAT HAS CREVASSES + +UNDERNEATH THAT WE CAN'T SEE. + +280 +00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,104 + +IT IS A PRETTY + +HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY; + +281 +00:13:25,204 --> 00:13:29,975 + +I'VE HAD VERY CLOSE + +FRIENDS DIE IN CREVASSE FALLS + +282 +00:13:30,075 --> 00:13:33,145 + +IN SITUATIONS JUST LIKE + +WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE. + +283 +00:13:33,245 --> 00:13:36,715 + +SO, FOR ME, IT'S + +SOMETHING THAT'S VERY REAL. + +284 +00:13:38,083 --> 00:13:41,620 + +OKAY. + +285 +00:13:41,853 --> 00:13:44,856 + + NARRATOR: HE'S WEARING + +SKIS TO SPREAD OUT HIS WEIGHT, + +286 +00:13:44,956 --> 00:13:49,828 + + BUT EVEN SO, EVERY + + STEP IS TREACHEROUS. + +287 +00:13:49,928 --> 00:13:51,697 + + IT'S KIND OF LIKE THIS... + +288 +00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:59,471 + + WALKING BETWEEN + + TWO SKYSCRAPERS, + +289 +00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:03,642 + + AT LEAST THE + + WALKER CAN SEE THE DROP, + +290 +00:14:04,243 --> 00:14:07,679 + + SEE THE WIRE STRAIGHT AHEAD. + +291 +00:14:08,179 --> 00:14:11,483 + + CRAZY AS IT MIGHT BE, IF + + HE PUTS ONE FOOT IN FRONT + +292 +00:14:11,583 --> 00:14:15,253 + + OF THE OTHER, HE'LL + + MAKE IT SAFELY ACROSS, + +293 +00:14:15,353 --> 00:14:19,892 + + AND AVOID A 1300-FOOT DROP. + +294 +00:14:24,496 --> 00:14:27,065 + + DANNY COULD BE + + OVER A SIMILAR DROP AND + +295 +00:14:27,165 --> 00:14:31,170 + + HE CAN'T EVEN SEE THE WIRE. + +296 +00:14:34,706 --> 00:14:39,178 + +DANNY UHLMANN: I'M JUST + +GONNA POKE AROUND A BIT. + +297 +00:14:46,017 --> 00:14:47,820 + +I HAVE TO POKE + +AROUND AND REALLY HAVE A + +298 +00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:50,089 + +GOOD INSPECTION OF THE SITE. + +299 +00:14:50,189 --> 00:14:51,923 + +KINDA FEELING THE + +SNOW FOR THE CONSISTENCY, + +300 +00:14:52,023 --> 00:14:55,594 + +AND THE SNOW DEPTH. + +301 +00:14:59,731 --> 00:15:04,670 + +♪ ♪ + +302 +00:15:06,471 --> 00:15:10,175 + +HEFF: AH-HAA, WE MADE IT! + +303 +00:15:10,275 --> 00:15:11,342 + +DANNY UHLMANN: OPEN THIS. + +304 +00:15:11,443 --> 00:15:12,510 + +HEY, GUYS. + +305 +00:15:12,611 --> 00:15:13,879 + +I THINK IT LOOKS + +GOOD TO GET OUT. + +306 +00:15:13,979 --> 00:15:16,215 + +IT'S A NICE ACCUMULATION ZONE + +SO THERE'S LOTS OF SNOW HERE + +307 +00:15:16,315 --> 00:15:17,883 + +AND IT'S A NICE + +COMPRESSION AREA AS WELL. + +308 +00:15:17,983 --> 00:15:19,318 + +SO, I THINK, AS LONG + +WE KEEP IT NICE AND TIGHT, + +309 +00:15:19,418 --> 00:15:20,652 + +WE SHOULD BE FINE. + +310 +00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:22,387 + +YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE + +A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH. + +311 +00:15:22,488 --> 00:15:24,756 + +NOW, I KINDA + +BLESS THE AREA. + +312 +00:15:24,856 --> 00:15:31,130 + +THIS AREA IS SAFE AND PEOPLE + +CAN GET OUT AND START WORKING. + +313 +00:15:36,001 --> 00:15:38,837 + + NARRATOR: GRAHAM AND + + HIS TEAM ARE ON THE CLOCK. + +314 +00:15:38,937 --> 00:15:40,806 + + THEY HAVE TO + + BURY FOUR SENSORS IN + +315 +00:15:40,906 --> 00:15:42,507 + + FOUR DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, + +316 +00:15:42,607 --> 00:15:45,577 + + AND RUN HUNDREDS OF FEET + + OF CABLE BACK TO A CENTRAL + +317 +00:15:45,677 --> 00:15:48,681 + + COMPUTER AND THE CHOPPER + + WILL BE BACK FOR THEM + +318 +00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:50,015 + + IN TWO HOURS. + +319 +00:15:50,115 --> 00:15:51,850 + +DR. HILL: FINGERS ARE + +GETTING A BIT CHILLY TRYING + +320 +00:15:51,950 --> 00:15:55,019 + +TO DO THIS + +HERE IN THE WIND. + +321 +00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,590 + +MICHAL: BUT I THINK I + +HAVE DRANK TOO MUCH WATER. + +322 +00:15:59,424 --> 00:16:01,459 + +DANNY UHLMANN: WOW MAN, IT + +LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE HYDRATED. + +323 +00:16:01,559 --> 00:16:02,627 + +GOOD JOB. + +324 +00:16:02,727 --> 00:16:05,864 + + NARRATOR: IN ANTARCTICA, + + NOTHING GETS LEFT BEHIND: + +325 +00:16:05,964 --> 00:16:07,299 + + NOT EVEN URINE. + +326 +00:16:07,399 --> 00:16:09,734 + + IN AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE + + THE MOST PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT + +327 +00:16:09,834 --> 00:16:15,140 + +ON THE PLANET, ALL HUMAN WASTE + +IS BROUGHT BACK TO SCOTT BASE. + +328 +00:16:16,442 --> 00:16:20,212 + + [TOILET FLUSH]. + +329 +00:16:21,846 --> 00:16:24,817 + + AND EVERY BIT + + OF IT ENDS UP HERE. + +330 +00:16:27,853 --> 00:16:29,021 + +PAUL BOWERING: + +AFTER THIS COMES OUT, + +331 +00:16:29,121 --> 00:16:32,056 + +YOU KNOW A WOMAN WILL NEVER + +LOOK AT ME AGAIN, DON'T YOU? + +332 +00:16:32,156 --> 00:16:34,793 + + NARRATOR: PAUL IS IN CHARGE + +OF THE WATER TREATMENT CENTER, + +333 +00:16:34,893 --> 00:16:38,830 + +BETTER KNOWN AS THE POO PLANT. + +334 +00:16:39,030 --> 00:16:41,533 + +PAUL BOWERING: BECAUSE THERE'S + +SO MUCH INFLUENT AT THE MOMENT. + +335 +00:16:41,633 --> 00:16:43,769 + +IT'S KIND OF EASIER + +ON THE SYSTEM JUST TO DO + +336 +00:16:43,869 --> 00:16:46,939 + +SOME MANUAL STUFF. + +337 +00:16:47,039 --> 00:16:49,674 + +OUR INFLUENT COMES IN + +THROUGH THE MAIN SEWER PIPE + +338 +00:16:49,775 --> 00:16:51,009 + +AND THROUGH + +THE BRUSH SCREEN. + +339 +00:16:51,109 --> 00:16:53,245 + +THE BRUSH SCREEN + +TAKES OUT SOLID STUFF AND + +340 +00:16:53,345 --> 00:16:55,580 + +THAT GOES INTO A BAG. + +341 +00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:57,616 + +SO, THIS IS WHAT + +WE END UP WITH OUT + +342 +00:16:57,716 --> 00:16:59,651 + +OF THE SLUDGE PROCESS. + +343 +00:16:59,751 --> 00:17:01,987 + +IT'S ALMOST LIKE BEEF + +JERKY LOOKING THING. + +344 +00:17:02,087 --> 00:17:03,422 + +WOULDN'T SELL IT + +IN YOUR LOCAL STORE, + +345 +00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:07,224 + +BUT THAT'S A + +LOT OF BEEF JERKY. + +346 +00:17:07,925 --> 00:17:10,996 + + NARRATOR: THE WASTE BECOMES + + SCOTT BASE'S PRIMARY EXPORT. + +347 +00:17:11,096 --> 00:17:12,664 + +PAUL BOWERING: + +THERE'S ONE, GOOD TO GO. + +348 +00:17:12,763 --> 00:17:14,665 + + NARRATOR: EVERYTHING + + THAT CAN'T BE RECYCLED IS + +349 +00:17:14,766 --> 00:17:18,670 + + SENT BACK TO NEW ZEALAND. + +350 +00:17:19,938 --> 00:17:22,941 + + IT'S PART OF A GLOBAL + + EFFORT TO MINIMIZE IMPACT ON + +351 +00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,911 + + THE FROZEN CONTINENT, + + A GOAL OF A TREATY SIGNED + +352 +00:17:26,011 --> 00:17:28,947 + + BY 53 NATIONS. + +353 +00:17:29,047 --> 00:17:31,183 + +PAUL BOWERING: YOU CAN'T JUST + +HAVE THE WASTE FROM PEOPLE AND + +354 +00:17:31,283 --> 00:17:35,120 + +EVERYTHING HAPPENING HERE JUST + +DISAPPEARING INTO THE OCEAN. + +355 +00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:36,888 + +IT'S, UH, IT'S + +GOTTA BE TREATED. + +356 +00:17:36,988 --> 00:17:40,325 + +IT'S GOTTA, WE + +GOTTA LOOK AFTER. + +357 +00:17:43,328 --> 00:17:45,196 + + NARRATOR: JUST LIKE + + THE CONTINENT ITSELF, + +358 +00:17:45,296 --> 00:17:48,300 + + THE SURROUNDING OCEAN + + IS CAREFULLY PROTECTED. + +359 +00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,236 + + WILDLIFE MIGRATES TO + + THESE WATERS EVERY YEAR, + +360 +00:17:51,336 --> 00:17:54,006 + + AND PERHAPS NO FEEDING + + GROUND IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN + +361 +00:17:54,106 --> 00:17:57,141 + + ONE OFF THE COAST + + OF THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA. + +362 +00:17:57,241 --> 00:18:01,480 + + THE NORTHERNMOST + + TIP OF THE MAINLAND. + +363 +00:18:03,615 --> 00:18:05,883 + +TED: DO YOU SEE ANY PARTICULAR + +SITES OF CONCENTRATION? + +364 +00:18:05,984 --> 00:18:08,019 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: BACK + +IN HERE, IF IT'S CALM, + +365 +00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:09,788 + +THIS IS WHERE THOSE + +ANIMALS WILL BE SLEEPING. + +366 +00:18:09,888 --> 00:18:11,156 + +TED: OH NICE. + +367 +00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:13,091 + + NARRATOR: DR. ARI + + FRIEDLAENDER IS ONE OF THE + +368 +00:18:13,191 --> 00:18:16,261 + + PREEMINENT SCIENTISTS AND + +CONSERVATIONISTS IN HIS FIELD. + +369 +00:18:16,361 --> 00:18:17,996 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: SO + +THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT + +370 +00:18:18,096 --> 00:18:19,765 + +THE THREE OR FOUR + +AREAS RIGHT IN HERE, + +371 +00:18:19,865 --> 00:18:21,566 + +THAT THERE'S ALWAYS WHALES. + +372 +00:18:21,666 --> 00:18:25,236 + +NARRATOR: HIS GOAL IS TO STUDY + + HUMPBACK AND MINKE WHALES, + +373 +00:18:25,336 --> 00:18:27,705 + + TO FIND OUT HOW THEIR + + ECOSYSTEM RESPONDS TO A + +374 +00:18:27,805 --> 00:18:29,341 + + CHANGING CLIMATE. + +375 +00:18:29,441 --> 00:18:30,976 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: THIS IS + +SORT OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE + +376 +00:18:31,076 --> 00:18:32,310 + +OF THAT FEEDING SEASON. + +377 +00:18:32,410 --> 00:18:34,712 + +SO, FILL IN THAT GAP OF + +WHAT THESE ANIMALS ARE DOING + +378 +00:18:34,812 --> 00:18:39,151 + +AT THIS TIME OF YEAR + +IS GONNA BE PRETTY AWESOME. + +379 +00:18:40,719 --> 00:18:42,988 + +WE'RE TRYING TO MEASURE + +THE UNDERWATER BEHAVIOR AND + +380 +00:18:43,088 --> 00:18:46,357 + +MOVEMENTS OF THE WHALES, + +GET AN ESTIMATE OF THEIR SIZE, + +381 +00:18:46,457 --> 00:18:48,126 + +AND WE'RE TRYING TO + +UNDERSTAND WHAT WHALES NEED + +382 +00:18:48,226 --> 00:18:50,795 + +TO SURVIVE AND THE + +AMOUNT OF FOOD THAT THEY EAT. + +383 +00:18:50,895 --> 00:18:53,131 + +IF YOU DON'T EAT ENOUGH, + +YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REPRODUCE, + +384 +00:18:53,231 --> 00:18:55,967 + +AND IF YOU DON'T REPRODUCE, + +IT'S A VERY QUICK PROCESS INTO + +385 +00:18:56,067 --> 00:18:58,870 + +YOUR POPULATION NOT GROWING. + +386 +00:18:58,970 --> 00:19:00,371 + +TED: WE JUST LEFT + +DECEPTION ISLAND. + +387 +00:19:00,472 --> 00:19:03,041 + +WE'LL EASILY GET INTO + +THE GERLACHE STRAITS, + +388 +00:19:03,141 --> 00:19:05,309 + +IN THE MOUTH OF THE + +HARARAH CHANNEL BY DAWN. + +389 +00:19:05,409 --> 00:19:06,644 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: PERFECT. + +390 +00:19:06,744 --> 00:19:08,580 + +TED: IF THE WHALES ARE LOOKING + +GOOD, YOU CAN BE OUT WORKING. + +391 +00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:09,915 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: COOL. + +392 +00:19:10,015 --> 00:19:12,250 + +THIS IS A PLACE WHERE + +PEOPLE HAVE MADE HUGE CHANGES + +393 +00:19:12,350 --> 00:19:15,120 + +IN THE ENVIRONMENT. + +394 +00:19:15,220 --> 00:19:18,289 + +OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS, + +THE WINTER AIR HAS RAISED + +395 +00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:20,892 + +BY ABOUT + +FIVE DEGREES CELSIUS. + +396 +00:19:20,992 --> 00:19:22,560 + +THE SEA ICE OVER + +THE LAST 30 YEARS, + +397 +00:19:22,660 --> 00:19:25,430 + +ON THIS PART OF THE PENINSULA, + +HAS DECREASED IN THE NUMBER OF + +398 +00:19:25,530 --> 00:19:29,801 + +DAYS THAT ARE ICE COVERED. + +399 +00:19:29,902 --> 00:19:32,236 + +THERE'S A HUGE STANDING + +STOCK OF KRILL HERE, + +400 +00:19:32,336 --> 00:19:34,272 + +AND THAT'S WHAT + +THEY NEED TO FEED ON. + +401 +00:19:34,372 --> 00:19:36,475 + +BUT THE WARMING + +THAT'S OCCURRED HERE, + +402 +00:19:36,575 --> 00:19:38,876 + +IF THAT AFFECTS THE WAY + +THE KRILL ARE DISTRIBUTED, + +403 +00:19:38,977 --> 00:19:42,281 + +IT COULD MEAN SOMETHING + +PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. + +404 +00:19:43,648 --> 00:19:46,184 + + NARRATOR: MORE THAN 4 + +BILLION PEOPLE RELY ON SEAFOOD + +405 +00:19:46,284 --> 00:19:47,652 + + AS A STAPLE. + +406 +00:19:47,752 --> 00:19:50,455 + + AND THE FISH WE EAT, + + EAT SMALLER FISH, + +407 +00:19:50,555 --> 00:19:53,758 + + WHICH EAT SMALLER + + FISH, IN SOME CASES, + +408 +00:19:53,858 --> 00:19:57,896 + + ALL THE WAY DOWN THE + + CHAIN TO THIS: KRILL. + +409 +00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:02,434 + + AS SEA ICE RECEDES, THE + + ALGAE THEY EAT GOES WITH IT. + +410 +00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:04,369 + + AND IF KRILL DISAPPEARS, + +411 +00:20:04,469 --> 00:20:06,705 + + SO DOES THE + + WHALE'S FOOD SUPPLY, + +412 +00:20:06,805 --> 00:20:10,308 + + AND A BIG PART OF OUR OWN. + +413 +00:20:10,408 --> 00:20:13,011 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: WE'VE GOT THE + +DRONES AND THE SUCTION CUP TAGS. + +414 +00:20:13,111 --> 00:20:15,347 + +DR. BEJDER: SEE IF + +THEY SURVIVED THE TRIP. + +415 +00:20:15,447 --> 00:20:16,882 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: + +WE HAVE A SMALL UAV, + +416 +00:20:16,982 --> 00:20:18,917 + +A LITTLE QUADCOPTER + +WITH A CAMERA ON IT. + +417 +00:20:19,017 --> 00:20:20,719 + +WHEN WE FLY + +THAT OVER THE WHALE, + +418 +00:20:20,819 --> 00:20:22,453 + +WE CAN GET A VERY + +PRECISE ESTIMATE OF THE + +419 +00:20:22,553 --> 00:20:24,089 + +SIZE OF THAT ANIMAL. + +420 +00:20:24,189 --> 00:20:25,724 + +DR. BEJDER: SO WE'RE + +JUST GOING TO FIRE THE + +421 +00:20:25,824 --> 00:20:27,091 + +MOTORS UP WITHOUT THE PROPS. + +422 +00:20:27,192 --> 00:20:29,694 + +MAKE SURE + +THAT'S ALL RUNNING. + +423 +00:20:29,794 --> 00:20:31,363 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: THE + +OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS + +424 +00:20:31,463 --> 00:20:32,630 + +DEPLOYING SUCTION CUP TAGS. + +425 +00:20:32,730 --> 00:20:35,567 + +THESE TAGS ARE + +BASICALLY LIKE A SMARTPHONE. + +426 +00:20:35,667 --> 00:20:37,535 + +THEY RECORD THE + +ANGLE OF THE WHALE, + +427 +00:20:37,635 --> 00:20:39,338 + +WHETHER IT'S ROLLED + +OVER ON ITS SIDE, + +428 +00:20:39,438 --> 00:20:41,639 + +THE HEADING OF THE + +WHALE, THE DEPTH, + +429 +00:20:41,739 --> 00:20:43,141 + +AND THE SPEED OF + +THE WHALE AND IT DOES + +430 +00:20:43,241 --> 00:20:45,109 + +THAT HUNDREDS + +OF TIMES A SECOND. + +431 +00:20:45,209 --> 00:20:48,080 + +IT ALSO RECORDS VIDEO, WHICH + +IS AWESOME BECAUSE WE CAN THEN, + +432 +00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:50,548 + +SORT OF, CORROBORATE THE + +THINGS THAT THE SENSORS ARE + +433 +00:20:50,648 --> 00:20:52,784 + +TELLING US WITH WHAT WE + +ACTUALLY SEE THE WHALE DOING. + +434 +00:20:52,884 --> 00:20:55,820 + +IT'S GOT TWO + +720P CAMERAS IN THERE. + +435 +00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,556 + +WE CAN GET ABOUT NINE + +HOURS OF CONTINUOUS DATA. + +436 +00:20:58,656 --> 00:21:01,126 + +AND ALL OF THAT + +PACKAGED TOGETHER GIVES US + +437 +00:21:01,226 --> 00:21:03,729 + +A REALLY PRECISE, UH, + +ESTIMATE OF THE HEALTH OF + +438 +00:21:03,829 --> 00:21:05,030 + +THE ANIMALS DOWN HERE. + +439 +00:21:05,130 --> 00:21:07,999 + +DR. BEJDER: TAGS, DATA, + +UAV DATA COMBINED IS GOING + +440 +00:21:08,099 --> 00:21:09,600 + +TO BE OPENING + +NEW WORLDS REALLY. + +441 +00:21:09,701 --> 00:21:10,802 + +SO, LET'S GO + +FIND SOME WHALES! + +442 +00:21:10,902 --> 00:21:14,706 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: + +YEAH, LET'S DO IT! + +443 +00:21:24,983 --> 00:21:31,556 + +♪ ♪ + +444 +00:21:35,326 --> 00:21:38,096 + +ROB TEASDALE: OKAY TEAM, + +THIS MARKS THE SHEAR ZONE. + +445 +00:21:38,196 --> 00:21:40,731 + +SO, COME IN NICE + +AND CLOSE BEHIND US. + +446 +00:21:40,832 --> 00:21:42,701 + +DR. OHNEISER: + +OKAY, THANK YOU. + +447 +00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:44,602 + + NARRATOR: THE ROSS ICE + + SHELF TEAM HAS TRAVELED ABOUT + +448 +00:21:44,702 --> 00:21:47,705 + + 30 MILES, AND THEY'RE + + FACING THE MOST DANGEROUS + +449 +00:21:47,805 --> 00:21:50,541 + + PART OF THEIR TRAVERSE. + +450 +00:21:50,642 --> 00:21:52,443 + +TOM ARNOLD: OH, WE'RE + +JUST ABOUT TO ENTER INTO + +451 +00:21:52,543 --> 00:21:54,145 + +THE SHEAR ZONE HERE. + +452 +00:21:54,245 --> 00:21:56,081 + +WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE + +THAT EVERYBODY'S CAPABLE, + +453 +00:21:56,181 --> 00:21:58,750 + +SHOULD THE WORST + +POSSIBLE CASE HAPPEN. + +454 +00:21:58,850 --> 00:22:00,618 + + NARRATOR: THE SHEAR + + ZONE LOOKS LIKE A SAFE + +455 +00:22:00,718 --> 00:22:05,090 + + PATCH OF SNOW, BUT + + LIKE MT. EREBUS IT'S FULL + +456 +00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:06,724 + + OF HIDDEN CREVASSES. + +457 +00:22:06,824 --> 00:22:08,693 + +ROB TEASDALE: FIRST FLAT + +NOT AS BENIGN AS IT LOOKS. + +458 +00:22:08,793 --> 00:22:10,028 + +THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. + +459 +00:22:10,128 --> 00:22:14,700 + +ON ONE SIDE, WE'VE GOT SORT + +OF THE MCMURDO, UM, ICE SHELF. + +460 +00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,869 + +AND THE OTHER IS + +THE ROSS ICE SHELF. + +461 +00:22:18,636 --> 00:22:21,572 + +IT'S WHERE TWO LARGE, + +KIND OF ICE MASSES ARE COMING + +462 +00:22:21,673 --> 00:22:25,110 + +TOGETHER, MUCH LIKE + +A RIVER COMES TOGETHER. + +463 +00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:27,679 + +AND THE REASON IT'S CALLED + +A SHEAR ZONE IS BECAUSE + +464 +00:22:27,779 --> 00:22:30,148 + +THERE'S KIND OF A SHEARING + +EFFECT BETWEEN THE TWO. + +465 +00:22:31,249 --> 00:22:33,452 + +SO IT'S QUITE + +AN ACTIVE AREA. + +466 +00:22:33,552 --> 00:22:35,820 + +INTERESTING SPOT. + +467 +00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,156 + +TOM ARNOLD: THE SHEAR + +ZONE IS AN INTIMIDATING AREA: + +468 +00:22:38,256 --> 00:22:41,693 + +AROUND ABOUT SIX OR SO + +KILOMETERS THAT HAVE A NUMBER + +469 +00:22:41,793 --> 00:22:45,563 + +OF SIGNIFICANTLY + +LARGE CREVASSES IN THEM. + +470 +00:22:45,663 --> 00:22:47,565 + +WE KNOW THAT THERE'S + +A ROUTE THROUGH THERE. + +471 +00:22:47,665 --> 00:22:50,268 + +WE REALLY REDUCE THAT + +SPEED DOWN EVEN FURTHER SO THAT + +472 +00:22:50,368 --> 00:22:52,370 + +WE'RE A 100% SURE OF + +WHAT WE'RE DRIVING ON IS + +473 +00:22:52,470 --> 00:22:53,805 + +GOOD TO DRIVE ACROSS. + +474 +00:22:53,905 --> 00:22:57,042 + +ROB TEASDALE: JUST KEEP A + +LITTLE EXTRA FOLLOWING DISTANCE. + +475 +00:22:57,142 --> 00:22:58,643 + +DR. OHNEISER: HOW FAR DO + +YOU WANT, 50 METERS, 100? + +476 +00:22:58,743 --> 00:23:00,144 + +ROB TEASDALE: UH, + +MAYBE 50 METERS. + +477 +00:23:00,244 --> 00:23:01,879 + +WE'RE JUST GONNA + +BE GOING A LITTLE BIT SLOWER + +478 +00:23:01,979 --> 00:23:05,983 + +THROUGH HERE, AND IF + +WE STOP, YOU SHOULD TOO. + +479 +00:23:06,083 --> 00:23:07,719 + +TOM ARNOLD: WE'RE JUST + +GONNA GET ALL OUR GEAR PREPARED + +480 +00:23:07,819 --> 00:23:09,754 + +FOR A CREVASSE RESCUE. + +481 +00:23:09,854 --> 00:23:13,258 + +ROB TEASDALE: PROCEED + +WITH CAUTION, FINGERS CROSSED. + +482 +00:23:13,358 --> 00:23:15,793 + + NARRATOR: CROSSING THE SHEAR + + ZONE SHOULD TAKE A FEW HOURS. + +483 +00:23:15,893 --> 00:23:21,365 + + BUT TOM AND ROB HAVE BEEN + + PREPARING FOR IT FOR WEEKS. + +484 +00:23:21,465 --> 00:23:24,936 + +ROB TEASDALE: SO, THIS IS + +THE RADAR BOOM FOR OUR PB 100. + +485 +00:23:25,036 --> 00:23:30,375 + +WE WILL BE FITTING A GPR UNIT, + +GROUND PENETRATING RADAR, + +486 +00:23:30,475 --> 00:23:33,411 + +AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE + +ON THE MONITOR WHEN WE'RE + +487 +00:23:33,512 --> 00:23:38,416 + +APPROACHING CREVASSES + +AND THAT'LL ENABLE US + +488 +00:23:38,516 --> 00:23:41,619 + +TO NOT DRIVE INTO THEM. + +489 +00:23:41,719 --> 00:23:44,156 + +STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY. + +490 +00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:48,760 + +REAL KEY PIECE OF THIS + +WHOLE PROJECT FOR THIS YEAR + +491 +00:23:48,860 --> 00:23:50,728 + +AND GOING INTO + +THE FUTURE AS WELL. + +492 +00:23:50,828 --> 00:23:54,332 + +SO, JUST GOTTA + +GET IT UP AND RUNNING. + +493 +00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:57,769 + + NARRATOR: THE BOOM + + STRETCHES 24 FEET AHEAD, + +494 +00:23:57,869 --> 00:24:00,405 + + AND CONNECTS TO A SCREEN + + THAT SHOWS ICE COMPOSITION + +495 +00:24:00,505 --> 00:24:02,406 + + UP TO 49 FEET DEEP. + +496 +00:24:02,506 --> 00:24:06,444 + + BENDS IN THE LINES INDICATE + + EMPTY SPACE UNDER THE SNOW. + +497 +00:24:06,544 --> 00:24:08,179 + +TOM ARNOLD: SOME OF THE + +CREVASSES THROUGH HERE WOULD + +498 +00:24:08,279 --> 00:24:10,648 + +LITERALLY SWALLOW THIS + +WHOLE VEHICLE, AND PROBABLY THE, + +499 +00:24:10,748 --> 00:24:12,483 + +UH, TWO TRAILERS BEHIND IT. + +500 +00:24:12,583 --> 00:24:15,453 + +UM, SO, IF WE HADN'T + +LOOKED AT THE RADAR IMAGERY, + +501 +00:24:15,553 --> 00:24:18,489 + +AND WE ACTUALLY JUST CARRIED + +ON, DROPPED INTO A CREVASSE, + +502 +00:24:18,589 --> 00:24:22,327 + +IT WOULD PROBABLY BE ALL OVER. + +503 +00:24:22,427 --> 00:24:24,796 + +ROB TEASDALE: OKAY TEAM, + +WE'RE JUST GOING TO HEAD OFF + +504 +00:24:24,896 --> 00:24:28,700 + +SLOWLY AIMING FOR + +ABOUT 12K AN HOUR. + +505 +00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,903 + +DR. OHNEISER: ROGER FROM H1. + +506 +00:24:32,003 --> 00:24:36,274 + +ANDREW: ROGER ON THAT FROM H2. + +507 +00:24:38,642 --> 00:24:41,178 + +ROB TEASDALE: WE + +GOT SOME UM BLACK FLAGS + +508 +00:24:41,278 --> 00:24:42,681 + +COMING UP HERE, TOM. + +509 +00:24:42,781 --> 00:24:47,285 + +SHOULD BE SEEING SOMETHING + +FAIRLY SHORTLY I'D SAY. + +510 +00:24:47,552 --> 00:24:48,953 + +DR. OHNEISER: IT'S + +KINDA CREEPY, YA KNOW? + +511 +00:24:49,053 --> 00:24:50,922 + +SO, EACH ONE OF THESE + +WOODEN STAKES HERE REPRESENTS + +512 +00:24:51,022 --> 00:24:53,157 + +A KNOWN CREVASSE. + +513 +00:24:53,257 --> 00:24:55,893 + +RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT + +ONE FIVE METERS THAT WAY + +514 +00:24:55,993 --> 00:24:59,597 + +AND ONE SIX + +METERS THAT WAY. + +515 +00:24:59,697 --> 00:25:02,634 + +LAURINE VAN HAASTREECHT: YEAH, + +THOSE BLACK FLAGS ARE A LITTLE + +516 +00:25:02,734 --> 00:25:06,370 + +BIT FREAKY WHEN YOU SEE + +THEM RIGHT BY WHERE YOU ARE. + +517 +00:25:06,470 --> 00:25:09,273 + +JUST ALONG THE WHOLE ROAD + +AND THE CREVASSE AREA YOU SEE + +518 +00:25:09,373 --> 00:25:11,376 + +BLACK FLAGS EVERYWHERE. + +519 +00:25:11,476 --> 00:25:14,579 + +BLACK FLAGS MEAN, WELL, + +"DEATH" OR DON'T GO THERE SO + +520 +00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:16,381 + +THAT'S A BIT NERVE-WRACKING. + +521 +00:25:16,481 --> 00:25:18,650 + +DR. OHNEISER: IT IS A BIT + +SPOOKY, YEAH, WHEN YOU KNOW, + +522 +00:25:18,750 --> 00:25:23,522 + +YOU KNOW YOU'RE WALKING + +THROUGH THE ALLIGATOR PIT. + +523 +00:25:25,523 --> 00:25:27,258 + +TOM ARNOLD: YEAH, WE + +BELIEVE THIS TO BE PROBABLY + +524 +00:25:27,358 --> 00:25:29,427 + +THE MOST DANGEROUS AREA. + +525 +00:25:29,527 --> 00:25:33,164 + +ROB TEASDALE: HEY GUYS, + +WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH. + +526 +00:25:33,264 --> 00:25:36,000 + +UMM, YOU CAN SEE HOW + +THIS FLAG LINE'S KINDA + +527 +00:25:36,100 --> 00:25:38,903 + +NO LONGER STRAIGHT, SORT + +OF INDICATIVE OF HOW MUCH + +528 +00:25:39,003 --> 00:25:41,372 + +THIS ROAD'S MOVING. + +529 +00:25:41,472 --> 00:25:43,875 + +DR. OHNEISER: + +YEAH, ROGER THAT. + +530 +00:25:43,975 --> 00:25:47,379 + +THAT'S CRAZY, WOW. + +531 +00:25:48,913 --> 00:25:51,983 + +THERE'S SO MANY + +CREVASSES HERE. + +532 +00:25:52,083 --> 00:25:54,252 + +WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE + +ANY DEATHS BEFORE WE EVEN + +533 +00:25:54,352 --> 00:25:56,287 + +GET THE SCIENCE DONE. + +534 +00:25:56,387 --> 00:25:59,056 + + NARRATOR: THE LARGEST + +CREVASSES EVER MEASURED ON THE + +535 +00:25:59,156 --> 00:26:02,761 + + ROSS ICE SHELF ARE + + ALMOST 350 FEET ACROSS AND + +536 +00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:04,996 + + 500 FEET DEEP. + +537 +00:26:05,096 --> 00:26:07,599 + + AND SINCE THE WHOLE + + ICE SHELF IS FLOATING, + +538 +00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:11,069 + + THE CRACKS IN IT + + ARE CONSTANTLY MOVING. + +539 +00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:13,538 + +ROB TEASDALE: COUPLE + +MORE BLACK FLAGS COMING UP. + +540 +00:26:13,638 --> 00:26:15,673 + +THEY LOOK LIKE + +REASONABLY NEW BLACK FLAGS. + +541 +00:26:15,774 --> 00:26:17,442 + +TOM ARNOLD: THERE'S + +SOMETHING COMING IN NOW + +542 +00:26:17,542 --> 00:26:20,245 + +PRETTY HIGH ACTUALLY. + +543 +00:26:20,345 --> 00:26:23,781 + +THE BOOM IS ABOUT 7.5 METERS + +LONG AND IT GIVES US AROUND + +544 +00:26:23,882 --> 00:26:26,317 + +ABOUT 3 TO 6 SECONDS + +OF STOPPING DISTANCE ONCE + +545 +00:26:26,417 --> 00:26:28,653 + +WE SEE SOMETHING + +COME UP ON THE SCREEN. + +546 +00:26:28,753 --> 00:26:30,288 + +BIG, BIG VOID GOING DOWN; + +547 +00:26:30,388 --> 00:26:33,692 + +SOMETHING TO + +BE CONCERNED ABOUT. + +548 +00:26:33,792 --> 00:26:37,729 + +STOP THERE, STOP! + +549 +00:26:37,829 --> 00:26:39,797 + +DR. OHNEISER: WELL, + +HE'S ACTUALLY STOPPED NOW. + +550 +00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:43,435 + +ROB TEASDALE: WE JUST + +STOPPED OVER A CRACK. + +551 +00:26:43,535 --> 00:26:47,572 + +OBVIOUS VOID UNDERNEATH. + +552 +00:26:57,182 --> 00:26:58,316 + +TOM ARNOLD: DEEP + +VOID UNDERNEATH, + +553 +00:26:58,416 --> 00:27:02,554 + +BUT THE SURFACE IS + +PRETTY BRIDGED RIGHT ACROSS. + +554 +00:27:02,654 --> 00:27:04,722 + +STOP THERE, STOP! + +555 +00:27:04,822 --> 00:27:06,724 + +DR. OHNEISER: WELL, + +HE'S ACTUALLY STOPPED NOW. + +556 +00:27:06,824 --> 00:27:09,293 + + NARRATOR: THE ROSS ICE SHELF + + TEAM IS IN THE SHEAR ZONE, + +557 +00:27:09,393 --> 00:27:12,530 + + AN AREA LITTERED WITH + + DEADLY CRACKS IN THE ICE, + +558 +00:27:12,630 --> 00:27:15,900 + + AND THE LEAD VEHICLE + + IS RIGHT ON TOP OF ONE. + +559 +00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,837 + +TOM ARNOLD: WE JUST + +STOPPED OVER A CRACK. + +560 +00:27:18,937 --> 00:27:21,206 + +OBVIOUS VOID UNDERNEATH. + +561 +00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:25,510 + +THREE, FOUR METERS STRETCH. + +562 +00:27:26,610 --> 00:27:29,280 + +BRIDGES BASICALLY + +HIDING THE CREVASSES, + +563 +00:27:29,380 --> 00:27:32,283 + +SO THEY'VE GIVEN YOU A FALSE + +IDEA OF WHAT'S BENEATH THERE. + +564 +00:27:32,383 --> 00:27:34,986 + +SO, DRIVING ALONG YOU CAN'T + +ACTUALLY SEE THAT THERE'S + +565 +00:27:35,086 --> 00:27:36,888 + +A CREVASSE DOWN THERE. + +566 +00:27:36,988 --> 00:27:38,356 + + [GRUNTS]. + +567 +00:27:38,456 --> 00:27:40,324 + +ROB, I'LL RUN IT ROUND + +YOUR SIDE AND THEN YOU CAN + +568 +00:27:40,424 --> 00:27:41,492 + +CLIP ON AS WELL. + +569 +00:27:41,592 --> 00:27:43,127 + +JUST MAKING SURE THAT + +WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING WE NEED. + +570 +00:27:43,227 --> 00:27:44,895 + +HARNESSES ARE + +FITTING CORRECTLY, + +571 +00:27:44,995 --> 00:27:47,999 + +ALL THE BUCKLES AND LOOPS + +ARE DONE UP AS THEY SHOULD BE. + +572 +00:27:48,099 --> 00:27:52,270 + +UH, WE'VE WELL AND + +TRULY OPENED THIS UP. + +573 +00:28:00,778 --> 00:28:04,081 + +THAT'S ALL THAT SNOW BRIDGE + +THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. + +574 +00:28:04,181 --> 00:28:07,952 + +YOU CAN'T QUITE SEE + +THE BOTTOM BUT IT GOES DOWN + +575 +00:28:08,052 --> 00:28:09,620 + +AT LEAST 30 METERS. + +576 +00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,256 + +SO YEAH, I'M JUST GOING + +TO PROBE THIS SIDE HERE, ROB, + +577 +00:28:12,356 --> 00:28:15,860 + +AND SEE HOW THAT LOOKS + +FOR A SLIGHTLY BETTER CROSSING. + +578 +00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,930 + +ROB TEASDALE: YUP. + +579 +00:28:20,031 --> 00:28:23,668 + +TOM ARNOLD: VOIDED, + +I'VE GOT THROUGH THERE. + +580 +00:28:26,938 --> 00:28:30,675 + +LOOKS GOOD. + +581 +00:28:32,209 --> 00:28:34,545 + +YEAH, SO THE CRACK IS + +STILL HERE BUT IT'S ONLY MAYBE, + +582 +00:28:34,645 --> 00:28:36,548 + +15 OR SO CENTIMETERS WIDE. + +583 +00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:42,253 + +SO, IT IS OBVIOUSLY + +NARROWING AS WE GO. + +584 +00:28:43,654 --> 00:28:44,788 + +YEAH, THAT'S + +LOOKING REAL GOOD. + +585 +00:28:44,888 --> 00:28:50,895 + +FROM HERE, THROUGH + +HERE WOULD BE SWEET. + +586 +00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,101 + +WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING + +THEM THROUGH THIS WAY. + +587 +00:28:57,201 --> 00:28:59,236 + +ROB TEASDALE: LET'S JUST + +WATCH THEM COME ACROSS AND + +588 +00:28:59,336 --> 00:29:02,574 + +GET THEM TO PARK UP + +BEFORE THIS NEXT POST HERE. + +589 +00:29:02,674 --> 00:29:03,775 + +TOM ARNOLD: YEAH. + +590 +00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:09,514 + +ROB TEASDALE: AND ONCE + +THEY STOP, THEN WE'LL GO. + +591 +00:29:09,614 --> 00:29:12,083 + +ALRIGHT GUYS, WE'RE JUST + +GOING TO HEAD OFF SLOWLY. + +592 +00:29:12,183 --> 00:29:17,188 + +YOU CAN SEE THE TWO + +LINES THAT TOM MADE OVER + +593 +00:29:17,288 --> 00:29:18,956 + +BY THE FLAGS OVER THERE. + +594 +00:29:19,056 --> 00:29:22,827 + +THAT'S GOING TO BE WHERE + +YOU GUYS ARE GONNA CROSS. + +595 +00:29:22,927 --> 00:29:26,531 + +DR. OHNEISER: + +ROGER, THANK YOU. + +596 +00:29:32,937 --> 00:29:34,672 + +IT IS ACTUALLY QUITE + +SCARY DOING THIS. + +597 +00:29:34,772 --> 00:29:36,207 + +I'M VERY NERVOUS DRIVING, + +598 +00:29:36,307 --> 00:29:37,875 + +YOU CAN FALL + +DOWN INTO A DEEP HOLE, + +599 +00:29:37,975 --> 00:29:39,644 + +AND YOU + +PROBABLY WILL DIE. + +600 +00:29:39,744 --> 00:29:41,779 + +IT HAPPENS, IT'S HAPPENED + +BEFORE IN ANTARCTICA. + +601 +00:29:41,879 --> 00:29:43,547 + +BUT WE CAN'T TURN BACK, + +602 +00:29:43,647 --> 00:29:45,216 + +AND WE'VE SPENT + +SO MUCH TIME PLANNING. + +603 +00:29:45,316 --> 00:29:47,685 + +YOU JUST HAVE TO + +GET THROUGH THAT. + +604 +00:29:47,786 --> 00:29:49,453 + +I MEAN THAT'S WHAT + +TOM AND ROB ARE THERE FOR. + +605 +00:29:49,553 --> 00:29:51,188 + +TOM ARNOLD: YOU'RE + +GOING TO COME IN A LITTLE + +606 +00:29:51,288 --> 00:29:52,523 + +BIT RIGHT NOW, ROB. + +607 +00:29:52,623 --> 00:29:57,895 + +ROB TEASDALE: BRING IT OVER + +TOWARDS ME A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE. + +608 +00:29:58,129 --> 00:30:01,366 + +AND STOP. + +609 +00:30:08,406 --> 00:30:10,341 + +TOM ARNOLD: CLEAR! + +610 +00:30:10,441 --> 00:30:11,842 + +WOO! + +611 +00:30:11,942 --> 00:30:13,011 + +ROB TEASDALE: WE'RE ALIVE! + +612 +00:30:13,111 --> 00:30:14,645 + +TOM ARNOLD: WELL DONE. + +613 +00:30:14,745 --> 00:30:16,547 + +ROB TEASDALE: WE + +SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO. + +614 +00:30:16,647 --> 00:30:19,917 + +TOM ARNOLD: LET'S GET SOME + +KILOMETERS UNDER THE BELT. + +615 +00:30:20,017 --> 00:30:22,920 + + NARRATOR: THE TEAM + + IS SAFELY ACROSS. + +616 +00:30:23,020 --> 00:30:26,090 + + BUT NOW, SCOTT BASE + + COMMS IS MONITORING A STORM + +617 +00:30:26,190 --> 00:30:30,895 + + HEADING UP + + FROM THE SOUTH POLE. + +618 +00:30:30,995 --> 00:30:34,999 + +MAJOR MCCOLL: H4 + +THIS IS SCOTT BASE. + +619 +00:30:35,099 --> 00:30:39,403 + +TOM ARNOLD: SCOTT BASE, + +SCOTT BASE, P-B ZERO ONE. + +620 +00:30:39,503 --> 00:30:42,340 + +MAJOR MCCOLL: THE WEATHER + +IS THE DETERMINING FACTOR HERE + +621 +00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:46,043 + +SHOWING AT THE MOMENT + +40 KNOTS OF WIND POSSIBLY + +622 +00:30:46,143 --> 00:30:48,412 + +GUSTING TO UP TO 55 KNOTS. + +623 +00:30:48,512 --> 00:30:50,714 + +BAD CONDITIONS THEIR + +VISIBILITY WILL DROP. + +624 +00:30:50,814 --> 00:30:54,018 + +SNOW GONNA PASS + +THROUGH THE AREA. + +625 +00:30:54,118 --> 00:30:55,920 + +QUITE HEAVY SNOW. + +626 +00:30:56,020 --> 00:30:57,622 + +TOM ARNOLD: ROGER. + +627 +00:30:57,722 --> 00:30:59,991 + +DEFINITELY A RELIEF TO + +GET THROUGH THE SHEAR ZONE. + +628 +00:31:00,091 --> 00:31:02,660 + +BUT WHERE WE'RE DRIVING TO + +IS PRETTY MUCH DIRECTLY SOUTH + +629 +00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,330 + +WHICH IS WHERE THE STORM + +SYSTEM'S GONNA COME IN FROM. + +630 +00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:06,964 + +I GUESS YOU'RE ALWAYS + +HOPING IT'S NOT GOING TO BE + +631 +00:31:07,064 --> 00:31:08,398 + +AS BAD AS IT'S FORECASTED. + +632 +00:31:08,499 --> 00:31:10,568 + +IT MIGHT BLOW OUT, + +AND WE'LL HAVE FINE, GOOD, + +633 +00:31:10,668 --> 00:31:12,003 + +REASONABLY GOOD WEATHER. + +634 +00:31:12,103 --> 00:31:14,772 + +BUT, YEARS' WORTH OF + +PLANNING GONE INTO THESE EVENTS, + +635 +00:31:14,872 --> 00:31:17,908 + +SO GETTING MOVING + +AND SEEING HOW IT GOES IS + +636 +00:31:18,008 --> 00:31:20,178 + +KIND OF PART OF, + +PART OF HOW IT HAS TO + +637 +00:31:20,278 --> 00:31:21,446 + +WORK DOWN IN ANTARCTICA. + +638 +00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:24,115 + +DR. OHNEISER: ROB AND + +TOM HAVE GUIDED US THROUGH. + +639 +00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:26,717 + +NOW WE ADVANCE + +ONWARD INTO NOTHING. + +640 +00:31:26,817 --> 00:31:29,753 + +WOW, IT'S CRAZY. + +641 +00:31:30,020 --> 00:31:34,325 + +IT'S JUST ICE + +SHELF AND HORIZON NOW. + +642 +00:31:44,102 --> 00:31:46,036 + +DANNY UHLMANN: + +YEAH, I'M READY MAN. + +643 +00:31:46,136 --> 00:31:49,406 + +MICHAL: 3 DEGREES TO THE + +LEFT OF THIS LITTLE CLOUD. + +644 +00:31:49,507 --> 00:31:52,710 + +DANNY UHLMANN: + +OKAY, I'M GOING. + +645 +00:31:52,810 --> 00:31:55,279 + +I THINK WE HAVE TO BE A + +LITTLE BIT MORE MINIMAL + +646 +00:31:55,379 --> 00:31:57,548 + +WITH THE STOPPING, OR ELSE + +WE'RE GONNA GET IN TROUBLE. + +647 +00:31:57,648 --> 00:31:59,283 + +DR. HILL: START DIGGING! + +648 +00:31:59,383 --> 00:32:01,852 + + NARRATOR: THE MT. EREBUS + + TEAM BURIES INSTRUMENTS ON + +649 +00:32:01,952 --> 00:32:05,322 + + A NORTH-SOUTH AND + + EAST-WEST AXIS TO MEASURE + +650 +00:32:05,422 --> 00:32:07,791 + + THE NATURALLY OCCURRING + + ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS + +651 +00:32:08,459 --> 00:32:11,796 + + THAT ARE CONSTANTLY PASSING + + THROUGH EARTH'S SURFACE. + +652 +00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:17,935 + +DANNY UHLMANN: AM I + +GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE? + +653 +00:32:18,035 --> 00:32:22,172 + +THAT'S ALWAYS THE QUESTION. + +654 +00:32:22,272 --> 00:32:24,308 + + NARRATOR: THE CURRENTS MOVE + + THROUGH DIFFERENT LAYERS OF + +655 +00:32:24,408 --> 00:32:26,010 + + THE EARTH AT VARYING SPEEDS, + +656 +00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:29,147 + + AND A CENTRAL COMPUTER + + RECORDS THOSE DIFFERENCES. + +657 +00:32:29,247 --> 00:32:33,251 + + THEIR GOAL IS TO COLLECT DATA + + ACROSS 132 DIFFERENT SITES, + +658 +00:32:33,351 --> 00:32:35,052 + + AND COMBINE THEM TO + + CREATE A PICTURE OF THE + +659 +00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:38,355 + + VOLCANO'S INNER + + STRUCTURE AND MAGMA FLOW. + +660 +00:32:38,456 --> 00:32:40,290 + +DR. HILL: THIS LITTLE + +BOX IS THE BRAINS OF THE + +661 +00:32:40,391 --> 00:32:44,862 + +OPERATION OUT HERE + +AND IS BASICALLY A REALLY, + +662 +00:32:44,962 --> 00:32:47,932 + +REALLY FANCY DATA COLLECTOR. + +663 +00:32:48,032 --> 00:32:49,700 + + NARRATOR: AND ALL OF + + IT HAS TO HAPPEN BEFORE + +664 +00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,169 + + THE CHOPPER + + COMES BACK FOR THEM. + +665 +00:32:52,270 --> 00:32:53,571 + +DR. HILL: IT TAKES US + +ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF + +666 +00:32:53,671 --> 00:32:54,905 + +TO PUT ONE INTO THE GROUND. + +667 +00:32:55,005 --> 00:33:00,044 + +OR IF IT'S A SITE WHERE IT'S + +NOT SNOW THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO + +668 +00:33:00,144 --> 00:33:05,616 + +DIG, IT'S GLACIAL ICE; + +IT CAN TAKE SIX, SEVEN HOURS. + +669 +00:33:06,383 --> 00:33:10,221 + +SO, YOU HAVE TO REALIZE + +THINGS ARE GOING TO TAKE LONGER + +670 +00:33:10,321 --> 00:33:14,358 + +THAN THEY WOULD PRETTY + +MUCH ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. + +671 +00:33:14,458 --> 00:33:16,727 + +GOT ABOUT AN HOUR OF + +SLEEP IN THE LAST 36 HOURS, + +672 +00:33:16,827 --> 00:33:20,431 + +BUT THAT'S A GOOD HOLE. + +673 +00:33:20,531 --> 00:33:23,601 + + [DIGGING]. + +674 +00:33:32,609 --> 00:33:34,412 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: SO NICK, + +LET'S JUST HAVE YOU RIGHT IN + +675 +00:33:34,512 --> 00:33:35,713 + +THAT SPOT THERE IS GOOD. + +676 +00:33:35,813 --> 00:33:37,214 + +NICK: YEAH, I + +FEEL GOOD UP HERE. + +677 +00:33:37,314 --> 00:33:38,649 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: AND THEN + +WE'LL TRY AND DO IT OFF OF + +678 +00:33:38,749 --> 00:33:41,385 + +WHICHEVER SIDE, UH, + +THE ANIMAL GIVES US. + +679 +00:33:41,485 --> 00:33:44,021 + + NARRATOR: ARI IS IN A + + SMALL INFLATABLE BOAT, + +680 +00:33:44,121 --> 00:33:47,824 + + LOOKING FOR A + + 66,000-POUND HUMPBACK WHALE. + +681 +00:33:47,925 --> 00:33:51,195 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: THE + +FREQUENCY IS 151.333. + +682 +00:33:51,629 --> 00:33:53,897 + + NARRATOR: AND HE HAS TO + + GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO ATTACH A + +683 +00:33:53,997 --> 00:33:57,167 + + SUCTION MOUNT TO IT WITH + + A 23-FOOT METAL POLE. + +684 +00:33:57,267 --> 00:33:59,370 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: WE'RE + +IN WILHELMINA BAY, UH, ONE OF + +685 +00:33:59,470 --> 00:34:02,340 + +THE LOCATIONS THAT WE'VE + +WORKED IN FOR A LONG TIME, + +686 +00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,675 + +AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY + +AND DEPLOY ONE OF THE VIDEO + +687 +00:34:04,775 --> 00:34:07,812 + +RECORDING MULTI-SENSOR + +TAGS ON A HUMPBACK. + +688 +00:34:07,912 --> 00:34:12,817 + +SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SEE + +IF THAT WHALE IS STILL THERE. + +689 +00:34:14,185 --> 00:34:16,887 + +THE WHALES COME THERE + +BECAUSE THE KRILL IS THERE. + +690 +00:34:16,987 --> 00:34:18,255 + +WHEN THEY'RE DONE FEEDING, + +691 +00:34:18,355 --> 00:34:21,292 + +THEY'LL BASICALLY + +TAKE A NAP AT THE SURFACE. + +692 +00:34:21,391 --> 00:34:23,895 + +ESSENTIALLY LOOK LIKE A LOG. + +693 +00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:26,597 + +FOR US, IT'S A GREAT PLACE + +BECAUSE THE WHALES BEHAVE IN A + +694 +00:34:26,697 --> 00:34:31,502 + +WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO APPROACH + +THEM TO PUT OUR TAGS ON. + +695 +00:34:32,069 --> 00:34:34,538 + +I THINK I SEE + +SOMETHING OVER THERE. + +696 +00:34:34,638 --> 00:34:37,041 + +THERE WE GO, RIGHT + +OUT IN FRONT OF US. + +697 +00:34:37,141 --> 00:34:40,545 + +OFF OUR BOW. + +698 +00:34:41,978 --> 00:34:44,482 + +IF THAT GUY LOOKS LIKE HE + +STOPS AND LOGS FOR A WHILE, + +699 +00:34:44,581 --> 00:34:47,418 + +WE'LL, UH, GO UP + +AND APPROACH HIM. + +700 +00:34:47,518 --> 00:34:49,119 + +FIRST APPROACH, + +ALWAYS THE BEST. + +701 +00:34:49,219 --> 00:34:51,755 + +I'M GOING TO COME EITHER + +FROM FIVE OR SEVEN O'CLOCK + +702 +00:34:51,855 --> 00:34:54,123 + +AND JUST TRY AND GET THE + +TAG ON AS HIGH UP AS POSSIBLE. + +703 +00:34:54,224 --> 00:34:55,257 + +IS THAT COOL? + +704 +00:34:55,359 --> 00:34:56,360 + +NICK: YUP. + +705 +00:34:56,460 --> 00:34:57,662 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: ALL RIGHT. + +706 +00:34:57,762 --> 00:34:59,529 + +AND JUST STAY, + +WHICHEVER WAY WE'RE GOING, + +707 +00:34:59,629 --> 00:35:01,532 + +JUST KIND OF STAY + +ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. + +708 +00:35:01,632 --> 00:35:07,472 + +IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE + +ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ZODIAC. + +709 +00:35:10,641 --> 00:35:12,209 + +WE'RE BASICALLY PREPPED UP. + +710 +00:35:12,309 --> 00:35:13,677 + +WE'RE GONNA GO + +SNEAK UP ON THIS GUY. + +711 +00:35:13,777 --> 00:35:15,045 + +GO REAL SLOW. + +712 +00:35:15,146 --> 00:35:17,214 + +THE KEY IS TO NOT + +WAKE THEM UP AS WE APPROACH + +713 +00:35:17,314 --> 00:35:19,550 + +AND NOT HAVE + +THEM RESPOND TO US. + +714 +00:35:19,650 --> 00:35:22,353 + +SO, IF WE CAN GET UP TO IT + +BY THE TIME IT'S STILL LOGGING, + +715 +00:35:22,453 --> 00:35:24,254 + +WE SHOULD BE GOOD. + +716 +00:35:24,354 --> 00:35:26,456 + +YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE + +FULL EXTENSION FOR THIS GUY. + +717 +00:35:26,557 --> 00:35:30,728 + +NICK: YEP. + +718 +00:35:33,697 --> 00:35:35,399 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: WHEN WE'RE + +APPROACHING THESE WHALES IT'S + +719 +00:35:35,499 --> 00:35:39,269 + +DEFINITELY A + +HIGH-RISK KINDA SITUATION. + +720 +00:35:39,370 --> 00:35:41,205 + +IF ITS FLUKE + +HIT THE ZODIAC, + +721 +00:35:41,305 --> 00:35:45,442 + +IT WOULD FLIP US + +OVER WITHOUT MUCH TROUBLE. + +722 +00:35:45,542 --> 00:35:48,012 + +YOU PROBABLY HAVE FIVE OR + +SIX MINUTES IN THAT WATER AT THE + +723 +00:35:48,112 --> 00:35:52,083 + +MOST BEFORE + +HYPOTHERMIA WOULD SET IN AND + +724 +00:35:52,183 --> 00:35:54,819 + +IT WOULD BE GAME OVER. + +725 +00:35:54,919 --> 00:35:57,655 + + [BOAT ENGINE]. + +726 +00:35:59,256 --> 00:36:03,026 + +(BLEEP), HE'S GONNA HEAR IT. + +727 +00:36:03,494 --> 00:36:05,796 + +NOW IT'S GONNA DIVE, (BLEEP). + +728 +00:36:05,897 --> 00:36:07,898 + +IF THE WHALE RESPONDS + +TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING, + +729 +00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:12,169 + +ITS GENERAL RESPONSE + +IS GOING TO BE TO DIVE. + +730 +00:36:12,269 --> 00:36:15,439 + +THERE HE GOES. + +731 +00:36:15,539 --> 00:36:18,175 + +SOMETIMES WE LOSE TRACK + +OF THE WHALE AND WE HAVE + +732 +00:36:18,275 --> 00:36:20,377 + +NO WAY OF FINDING IT. + +733 +00:36:20,478 --> 00:36:22,479 + +YOU MIGHT SEE A + +FOOTPRINT IN THE WATER FROM + +734 +00:36:22,579 --> 00:36:27,017 + +WHERE IT KINDA KICKED AWAY, + +UH, BUT IT'S LIKE ONE AND DONE. + +735 +00:36:27,117 --> 00:36:29,420 + +THIS SUCKS. + +736 +00:36:38,396 --> 00:36:39,496 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: + +I DID SEE A WHALE. + +737 +00:36:39,596 --> 00:36:43,501 + +I DON'T SEE A + +LOGGING WHALE NOW. + +738 +00:36:43,701 --> 00:36:48,906 + +I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE + +ONE WAS THAT WENT DOWN HERE. + +739 +00:36:50,074 --> 00:36:52,076 + + NARRATOR: ARI AND HIS + + TEAM WERE CLOSE TO DEPLOYING + +740 +00:36:52,176 --> 00:36:54,144 + + A SUCTION TAG, + + BUT THE WHALE THEY WERE + +741 +00:36:54,244 --> 00:36:56,714 + + CHASING WENT UNDERWATER. + +742 +00:36:56,814 --> 00:36:58,816 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: IS THAT + +A LOGGING WHALE OUT THERE? + +743 +00:36:58,916 --> 00:37:00,951 + +CAN'T TELL. + +744 +00:37:01,051 --> 00:37:02,853 + +NO, IT'S NOT. + +745 +00:37:02,953 --> 00:37:05,990 + +THESE ANIMALS MOVE OVER + +BIG DISTANCES VERY QUICKLY. + +746 +00:37:06,090 --> 00:37:07,758 + +THEY'RE A REAL PAIN TO + +WORK WITH BECAUSE THEY'RE + +747 +00:37:07,858 --> 00:37:10,327 + +DIFFICULT TO FIND. + +748 +00:37:10,428 --> 00:37:12,629 + +DO YOU GUYS WANT TO + +GET THE DRONE IN THE AIR? + +749 +00:37:12,729 --> 00:37:14,064 + +DR. BEJDER: THIS + +WOULDN'T BE A BAD SPOT. + +750 +00:37:14,164 --> 00:37:15,232 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: YEAH. + +751 +00:37:15,332 --> 00:37:17,434 + + NARRATOR: ARI'S UAV + + SPECIALIST, LARS, + +752 +00:37:17,534 --> 00:37:20,571 + + PILOTS A DRONE THAT CAN GIVE + +THEM A BIRD'S EYE VIEW TO HELP + +753 +00:37:20,671 --> 00:37:23,373 + + FIND A WHALE, AND + + GIVE THEM MORE INFORMATION + +754 +00:37:23,473 --> 00:37:25,075 + + ABOUT IT WHEN THEY DO. + +755 +00:37:25,175 --> 00:37:27,744 + +DR. BEJDER: WE CAN USE + +THIS FOOTAGE TO LOOK AT + +756 +00:37:27,844 --> 00:37:30,714 + +BODY SIZE OF THESE WHALES. + +757 +00:37:30,814 --> 00:37:34,218 + +TYPICALLY, WE USUALLY FLY + +THEM IN WARMER CLIMATES. + +758 +00:37:34,318 --> 00:37:36,921 + +THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE + +BEEN IN ANTARCTICA FLYING IN + +759 +00:37:37,021 --> 00:37:40,291 + +THESE COLDER CONDITIONS. + +760 +00:37:46,997 --> 00:37:48,532 + +IS THE MOTOR + +WORKING ALRIGHT? + +761 +00:37:48,632 --> 00:37:50,201 + +FRED: YEAH, IT + +SEEMS TO BE FINE. + +762 +00:37:50,301 --> 00:37:51,501 + +DR. BEJDER: GOOD. + +763 +00:37:51,601 --> 00:37:53,437 + +HOW'S YOUR FEED + +AT THIS DISTANCE? + +764 +00:37:53,537 --> 00:37:56,474 + +FRED: IT'S GOOD. + +765 +00:37:59,543 --> 00:38:01,111 + +DR. BEJDER: WHAT'S THAT? + +766 +00:38:01,211 --> 00:38:03,280 + +FRED: THERE IT IS. + +767 +00:38:03,380 --> 00:38:05,415 + + [WHALE NOISE]. + +768 +00:38:05,515 --> 00:38:09,419 + +DR. BEJDER: OH NICE, + +YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. + +769 +00:38:09,519 --> 00:38:10,887 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: + +OH, HE'S GOT A BUDDY, + +770 +00:38:10,987 --> 00:38:13,123 + +THAT'S WHY HE'S + +KIND OF FIRED UP! + +771 +00:38:13,223 --> 00:38:14,858 + +DR. BEJDER: WE'LL TAKE + +ONE OF OUR VESSELS WITHIN + +772 +00:38:14,958 --> 00:38:16,827 + +THE FRAME WITH THE WHALE. + +773 +00:38:16,927 --> 00:38:20,530 + +THAT ALLOWS US TO SCALE THE + +SIZE OF THE WHALE TO THE BOAT + +774 +00:38:20,630 --> 00:38:22,599 + +AND THAT WILL ALLOW US + +TO GET US TO GET AS DIRECT + +775 +00:38:22,699 --> 00:38:25,169 + +MEASUREMENTS OF + +HOW BIG THE WHALE IS. + +776 +00:38:25,269 --> 00:38:26,804 + + [DRONE BUZZ]. + +777 +00:38:26,904 --> 00:38:30,641 + +NICELY DONE. + +778 +00:38:30,741 --> 00:38:32,842 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: SWEET. + +779 +00:38:32,943 --> 00:38:34,778 + +SO NICK, IT'LL BE NO + +DIFFERENT IF THE ANIMAL + +780 +00:38:34,878 --> 00:38:37,281 + +IS NOT, UM, LOGGING. + +781 +00:38:37,381 --> 00:38:38,515 + +NICK: OKAY. + +782 +00:38:38,615 --> 00:38:40,484 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: ALRIGHT, + +WE'LL APPROACH AS SLOW AS WE + +783 +00:38:40,584 --> 00:38:41,885 + +CAN AND STILL BE + +MAKING UP SPEED ON IT. + +784 +00:38:41,985 --> 00:38:43,888 + +NICK: SURE. + +785 +00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:46,490 + + [WHALE NOISE]. + +786 +00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:48,392 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: WHEN + +WE'RE APPROACHING A WHALE, + +787 +00:38:48,492 --> 00:38:51,728 + +HUMAN SAFETY IS + +THE FIRST CONCERN. + +788 +00:38:51,828 --> 00:38:53,497 + +THE THING YOU DON'T + +WANT TO DO WHEN YOU'RE + +789 +00:38:53,597 --> 00:38:56,033 + +APPROACHING THESE + +ANIMALS IS STARTLE IT. + +790 +00:38:56,133 --> 00:38:58,602 + +ANYWHERE YOU CAN PUT IT + +KIND OF IN THE TERRITORY. + +791 +00:38:58,702 --> 00:38:59,836 + +NICK: ARE YOU GONNA? + +792 +00:38:59,936 --> 00:39:01,005 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: I'M GONNA + +SWING AROUND, DON'T WORRY. + +793 +00:39:01,105 --> 00:39:02,305 + +IT'S GONNA BE + +ON OUR PORT SIDE. + +794 +00:39:02,405 --> 00:39:03,640 + +NICK: OKAY, SO + +WE'LL STILL GOING PORT. + +795 +00:39:03,740 --> 00:39:05,342 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: IF SOMEONE + +ELSE WANTS TO TAKE THE TILLER, + +796 +00:39:05,442 --> 00:39:06,543 + +I'LL TAG. + +797 +00:39:06,643 --> 00:39:07,912 + +NICK: OKAY. + +798 +00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:10,214 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: I GOTCHA. + +799 +00:39:10,314 --> 00:39:13,517 + +RADIO: HUGH, GO AHEAD. + +800 +00:39:23,961 --> 00:39:30,267 + +♪ ♪ + +801 +00:39:33,904 --> 00:39:36,273 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: NICE, SWEET! + +802 +00:39:36,373 --> 00:39:38,742 + +CREW: NICE, DUDE. + +803 +00:39:38,842 --> 00:39:40,244 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: WE'RE HAPPY, + +804 +00:39:40,344 --> 00:39:42,245 + +BUT THE WORK IS + +DEFINITELY NOT OVER. + +805 +00:39:42,345 --> 00:39:44,848 + +THE SUCTION CUP TAGS + +ARCHIVE ALL THE DATA ON THEM + +806 +00:39:44,948 --> 00:39:48,452 + +SO WE HAVE TO RETRIEVE + +THAT TAG TO GET ANYTHING BACK. + +807 +00:39:50,554 --> 00:39:52,289 + + [WHALE NOISE]. + +808 +00:39:52,389 --> 00:39:53,857 + +OH, LOOK, SWEET. + +809 +00:39:53,957 --> 00:39:55,426 + +THERE'S THE TAG! + +810 +00:39:55,526 --> 00:39:58,796 + +AWESOME. + +811 +00:39:59,063 --> 00:40:01,432 + +I THINK THESE ANIMALS HAVE + +A LOT MORE GOING ON THAN WE + +812 +00:40:01,532 --> 00:40:03,467 + +UNDERSTAND OR THAT + +WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO + +813 +00:40:03,567 --> 00:40:06,270 + +BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND. + +814 +00:40:06,370 --> 00:40:10,174 + +HOLY (BLEEP), MAN. + +815 +00:40:10,807 --> 00:40:13,210 + + [CAMERA CLICKING]. + +816 +00:40:16,113 --> 00:40:20,183 + +THESE ANIMALS GET AS CURIOUS + +ABOUT US AS WE DO ABOUT THEM. + +817 +00:40:20,283 --> 00:40:22,553 + +IT'S LOOKING AT YOU AND IT'S + +KIND OF WONDERING WHAT YOU'RE + +818 +00:40:22,653 --> 00:40:26,490 + +DOING THERE AND WE'RE ASKING + +THE SAME KIND OF QUESTIONS. + +819 +00:40:26,590 --> 00:40:28,024 + +LARS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. + +820 +00:40:28,124 --> 00:40:30,627 + +THIS IS THE FIRST-EVER + +FLIGHT IN THE ANTARCTIC, RIGHT? + +821 +00:40:30,727 --> 00:40:31,895 + +FOR THIS EQUIPMENT? + +822 +00:40:31,995 --> 00:40:33,263 + +DR. BEJDER: YES, + +THAT'S CORRECT. + +823 +00:40:33,363 --> 00:40:35,298 + +DR. FRIEDLAENDER: COULDN'T + +ASK FOR MORE EXCEPT FOR LARS TO + +824 +00:40:35,398 --> 00:40:36,400 + +BUY US A COUPLE OF DRINKS. + +825 +00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:38,035 + +DR. BEJDER: ONE BIG ONE. + +826 +00:40:38,135 --> 00:40:40,771 + + [TEAM LAUGHS]. + +827 +00:40:50,247 --> 00:40:52,749 + +DR. HILL: OUT HERE, + +EVERY MINUTE COUNTS. + +828 +00:40:52,849 --> 00:40:56,820 + +WE'VE GOT TO REALLY BE + +EFFICIENT TO GET THE JOB DONE. + +829 +00:40:57,054 --> 00:40:58,655 + + NARRATOR: THE MT. EREBUS + + TEAM HAS INSTALLED + +830 +00:40:58,755 --> 00:41:00,757 + + 3 OUT OF THEIR 4 SENSORS, + +831 +00:41:00,858 --> 00:41:04,361 + + AND RUN WIRING + + BACK TO THE MAIN COMPUTER. + +832 +00:41:04,461 --> 00:41:06,630 + +DR. HILL: THIS WIND DIRECTION + +HAS DEFINITELY CHANGED. + +833 +00:41:06,730 --> 00:41:11,068 + +AND THAT CLOUD + +IS NOT GOOD, AT ALL. + +834 +00:41:13,536 --> 00:41:17,541 + +CAUSE THAT'S COMING UP OFF THE + +OPEN WATER ON THE OTHER SIDE. + +835 +00:41:17,774 --> 00:41:19,709 + + NARRATOR: BUT THE SAME + + STORM THAT'S BEEN THREATENING + +836 +00:41:19,810 --> 00:41:21,979 + + THE ROSS ICE SHELF + + TEAM IS INCREASING THE + +837 +00:41:22,079 --> 00:41:23,880 + + WINDS AT HIGH ALTITUDE. + +838 +00:41:23,980 --> 00:41:28,752 + +DR. HILL: HEY, DANNY, HAVE YOU + +NOTICED THE CHANGE IN WEATHER? + +839 +00:41:28,852 --> 00:41:32,790 + +THAT CLOUD COULD + +LEAD TO A CAMPING TRIP. + +840 +00:41:34,291 --> 00:41:36,660 + +IF THE WEATHER DESCENDS + +ON US WHEN THE HELICOPTER'S + +841 +00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,896 + +NOT AROUND, YOU + +HAVE YOUR SURVIVAL BAGS, + +842 +00:41:39,996 --> 00:41:42,766 + +WHICH HAVE TENTS + +AND SLEEPING BAGS, + +843 +00:41:42,866 --> 00:41:45,603 + +IN CASE YOU DON'T + +GET HOME THAT NIGHT. + +844 +00:41:45,703 --> 00:41:47,871 + +BUT YOU DON'T + +WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. + +845 +00:41:47,971 --> 00:41:49,372 + +SCOTT BASE FROM GRAHAM. + +846 +00:41:49,472 --> 00:41:51,208 + +RADIO: GO AHEAD. + +847 +00:41:51,308 --> 00:41:53,042 + +DR. HILL: YEAH, IF YOU + +COULD GET HOLD OF SEAN, + +848 +00:41:53,143 --> 00:41:55,245 + +CAN YOU TELL HIM TO RUSH + +OUT TO GET US RIGHT NOW? + +849 +00:41:55,345 --> 00:41:57,648 + +RADIO: ROGER THAT. + +850 +00:41:59,249 --> 00:42:03,254 + +DR. HILL: AH, HOW + +YOU DOING, MICHAL? + +851 +00:42:04,288 --> 00:42:05,555 + +HEFF: HOW MANY MINUTES + +DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE + +852 +00:42:05,655 --> 00:42:06,923 + +UNTIL YOU'RE DONE, GRAHAM. + +853 +00:42:07,023 --> 00:42:11,929 + +DR. HILL: UH, WE PROBABLY GOT + +ANOTHER SIX OR SEVEN MINUTES. + +854 +00:42:14,398 --> 00:42:15,499 + +THERE WE GO. + +855 +00:42:15,599 --> 00:42:18,869 + +IT'S WORKING NOW. + +856 +00:42:19,236 --> 00:42:22,306 + +HELICOPTER'S GETTING CLOSE. + +857 +00:42:22,406 --> 00:42:25,375 + + [HELICOPTER ROTORS]. + +858 +00:42:25,475 --> 00:42:27,077 + +HEFF: ALRIGHT, WE ALL GOOD? + +859 +00:42:27,177 --> 00:42:28,979 + +DR. HILL: WE'RE GOOD. + +860 +00:42:29,079 --> 00:42:32,950 + +HEFF: OH YEAH! + +861 +00:42:47,765 --> 00:42:49,599 + +TOM ARNOLD: WE'LL JUST + +PULL 'ROUND TO THE RIGHT + +862 +00:42:49,699 --> 00:42:51,968 + +A COUPLE HUNDRED + +METERS AND, UH, SET UP. + +863 +00:42:52,068 --> 00:42:54,637 + +ROB TEASDALE: YEAH. + +864 +00:42:55,071 --> 00:42:58,575 + +I'LL PULL UP HERE GUYS, + +AND YOU CAN COME IN NICE + +865 +00:42:58,675 --> 00:43:00,710 + +AND CLOSE BEHIND US. + +866 +00:43:00,810 --> 00:43:02,980 + +DR. OHNEISER: ROGER! + +867 +00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,382 + + NARRATOR: THE ROSS ICE + + SHELF TEAM IS NOW 40 MILES + +868 +00:43:05,482 --> 00:43:07,250 + + SOUTH OF SCOTT BASE. + +869 +00:43:07,350 --> 00:43:09,152 + + AFTER A LONG DAY OF DRIVING, + +870 +00:43:09,252 --> 00:43:12,822 + + THEY HAVE NO CHOICE + + BUT TO STOP AND REST. + +871 +00:43:12,923 --> 00:43:15,359 + + BUT SINCE THEY'RE + + THE FURTHEST TEAM SOUTH, + +872 +00:43:15,459 --> 00:43:18,829 + + THE WORST OF THE STORM + +COULD BE JUST A FEW HOURS AWAY. + +873 +00:43:18,929 --> 00:43:20,730 + +TOM ARNOLD: ALRIGHT, + +SO THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR + +874 +00:43:20,830 --> 00:43:22,298 + +HOME FOR THE NIGHT. + +875 +00:43:22,399 --> 00:43:25,102 + +SO, WHAT WE NEED TO + +DO IS ESTABLISH A CAMP. + +876 +00:43:25,202 --> 00:43:28,905 + +SO, LET'S SAY + +THIS IS OUR AREA HERE, + +877 +00:43:29,005 --> 00:43:31,441 + +PREVAILING WIND'S + +GONNA COME IN FROM HERE. + +878 +00:43:31,541 --> 00:43:35,446 + +I LIKE TO HAVE MY CAMP KIND + +OF IN A NICE, NEAT LINE, GOING. + +879 +00:43:35,546 --> 00:43:38,815 + +THAT MAKES SENSE? + +880 +00:43:39,583 --> 00:43:44,555 + +DR. OHNEISER: WE JUST WANT + +TO GET EVERYTHING UP AND GET + +881 +00:43:44,655 --> 00:43:49,059 + +INSIDE, AND GET OUT OF + +THE WIND, 'CAUSE IT'S COLD. + +882 +00:43:50,093 --> 00:43:52,729 + +DEFINITELY FEELS + +COLDER THAN AT SCOTT BASE. + +883 +00:43:52,829 --> 00:43:54,598 + +SCOTT BASE IS GONNA + +FEEL TROPICAL COMPARED + +884 +00:43:54,698 --> 00:43:58,836 + +TO THIS OUT HERE. + +885 +00:44:00,703 --> 00:44:02,406 + + NARRATOR: ONCE + + THE STORM HITS, + +886 +00:44:02,506 --> 00:44:05,775 + + THESE SCOTT POLAR TENTS + +WILL BE THEIR ONLY PROTECTION. + +887 +00:44:05,876 --> 00:44:08,412 + +DR. OHNEISER: + +HOME SWEET HOME! + +888 +00:44:08,512 --> 00:44:10,547 + + NARRATOR: THEY'RE NAMED + + AFTER ONE OF THE FIRST MEN + +889 +00:44:10,647 --> 00:44:12,916 + + EVER TO + + EXPLORE ANTARCTICA, + +890 +00:44:13,016 --> 00:44:16,286 + + ROBERT FALCON SCOTT. + +891 +00:44:16,519 --> 00:44:20,156 + + THE DESIGN HASN'T CHANGED + + MUCH SINCE HE USED THEM, + +892 +00:44:20,256 --> 00:44:22,793 + + AND HE WAS IN ONE + + JUST LIKE IT RIGHT HERE ON + +893 +00:44:22,893 --> 00:44:25,729 + + THE ROSS ICE SHELF. + +894 +00:44:25,829 --> 00:44:29,533 + + ACCORDING TO HIS FINAL + + MESSAGE: "HAD WE LIVED," + +895 +00:44:29,633 --> 00:44:32,335 + + HE SAID, "I SHOULD HAVE + + HAD A TALE TO TELL OF THE + +896 +00:44:32,435 --> 00:44:35,973 + + HARDIHOOD, ENDURANCE AND + + COURAGE OF MY COMPANIONS, + +897 +00:44:37,007 --> 00:44:40,710 + + WHICH WOULD HAVE STIRRED + +THE HEART OF EVERY ENGLISHMAN." + +898 +00:44:40,810 --> 00:44:43,180 + + THAT MESSAGE + + WAS DISCOVERED AFTER HE + +899 +00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:48,052 + + AND THOSE + + COMPANIONS FROZE TO DEATH. + +900 +00:44:52,856 --> 00:44:57,061 + +DR. OHNEISER: IT'S + +SUDDENLY QUITE A BIT COLDER. + +901 +00:45:06,069 --> 00:45:12,476 + +♪ ♪ + +902 +00:45:15,945 --> 00:45:17,814 + +DANNY UHLMANN: + +MT. EREBUS IS WEARING A NICE + +903 +00:45:17,914 --> 00:45:21,218 + +HIGH WIND-SPEED HAT, LOOKS + +LIKE A LITTLE NUCLEAR BOMB. + +904 +00:45:21,318 --> 00:45:24,254 + +DR. HILL: YUP, IT WAS + +ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE + +905 +00:45:24,354 --> 00:45:26,222 + +BAD WEATHER COMES + +IN OUT OF NOWHERE. + +906 +00:45:26,322 --> 00:45:29,959 + +AND, HALF HOUR LATER, + +GOTTEN REAL FLAT AND REAL DARK. + +907 +00:45:30,060 --> 00:45:33,697 + +AND TURN + +AROUND AND COME HOME. + +908 +00:45:34,097 --> 00:45:36,032 + +I THINK IT LOOKS WORSE + +NOW THAN IT DID WHEN WE + +909 +00:45:36,132 --> 00:45:38,201 + +WERE IN THE HELICOPTER. + +910 +00:45:38,301 --> 00:45:40,871 + +HERE'S THE + +OTHER TECHNICAL BAG. + +911 +00:45:40,971 --> 00:45:43,273 + +THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY + +IS THAT EVERYBODY'S SAFE AND + +912 +00:45:43,373 --> 00:45:45,041 + +EVERYBODY COMES HOME. + +913 +00:45:45,141 --> 00:45:47,310 + +IF THE HELICOPTER LEFT US, + +I'M PRETTY SURE WE WOULD + +914 +00:45:47,410 --> 00:45:50,814 + +HAVE BEEN USING OUR, + +UH, OUR SURVIVAL BAGS. + +915 +00:45:54,017 --> 00:45:55,852 + +TOMORROW, WE TRY AGAIN. + +916 +00:45:55,952 --> 00:46:00,791 + +AND HOPE FOR A + +BIT MORE SUNSHINE. + +917 +00:46:11,001 --> 00:46:14,337 + +♪ ♪ + +918 +00:46:14,437 --> 00:46:18,975 + +MAJOR MCCOLL: I SEE + +THE WEATHER IS CHANGING. + +919 +00:46:19,075 --> 00:46:21,945 + +THIS IS DUE TO A, UM, A + +LOW-PRESSURE AREA STARTING IN + +920 +00:46:22,045 --> 00:46:24,214 + +THE ROSS SEA, AND IT'S + +DRAGGING SOME COLD AIR UP + +921 +00:46:24,314 --> 00:46:25,949 + +FROM THE SOUTH POLE. + +922 +00:46:26,049 --> 00:46:28,985 + +WITH THE LOW CLOUD COMING + +THROUGH INTO THE OPEN POSITION + +923 +00:46:29,085 --> 00:46:31,955 + +THERE'S A LOT MORE + +ENERGY IN THE WIND. + +924 +00:46:32,055 --> 00:46:36,660 + +THIS IS OUR BEST PROTECTION + +FOR OUT ON THE ROSS ICE SHELF. + +925 +00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:41,431 + +AND THEY'RE + +DRIVING STRAIGHT INTO IT. + +926 +00:46:51,207 --> 00:46:53,476 + +DR. OHNEISER: THE + +MAIN THING IS YOU JUST + +927 +00:46:53,576 --> 00:46:55,545 + +HAVE TO BE PATIENT. + +928 +00:46:55,645 --> 00:46:57,480 + +YOU CAN'T + +GUARANTEE THE WEATHER, + +929 +00:46:57,580 --> 00:46:59,983 + +BECAUSE IT'S NOT YOU THAT + +MAKES THE DECISIONS HERE, + +930 +00:47:00,083 --> 00:47:02,719 + +IT'S ANTARCTICA. +