1 00:00:57,058 --> 00:00:58,643 For thousands of years, 2 00:00:59,394 --> 00:01:03,189 my people have lived at the edge of the world. 3 00:01:03,982 --> 00:01:08,987 Unknown, alone, until one brief moment 4 00:01:10,321 --> 00:01:13,032 when the world found us. 5 00:01:36,514 --> 00:01:37,974 Feel its rhythm. 6 00:01:38,057 --> 00:01:40,435 We have to be close enough to touch. 7 00:01:40,518 --> 00:01:44,314 We must know where the abviq will surface before it does. 8 00:01:44,397 --> 00:01:45,440 Can you tell me? 9 00:01:46,357 --> 00:01:49,194 Concentrate! Come on, concentrate. 10 00:02:04,918 --> 00:02:07,253 Kill abviq. Kill abviq! 11 00:02:21,935 --> 00:02:25,939 Inspired by a true story 12 00:02:30,318 --> 00:02:33,404 Barrow, Alaska October, 1988 13 00:02:41,621 --> 00:02:43,373 The avocado, 14 00:02:43,456 --> 00:02:47,877 a native fruit of Mexico and the key ingredient used in making guacamole. 15 00:02:47,961 --> 00:02:51,047 Now, nothing grows in this brutal climate. 16 00:02:51,130 --> 00:02:55,552 So, how did the avocado end up 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle? 17 00:02:55,635 --> 00:02:58,847 Well, this little guy and pretty much everything else in town 18 00:02:58,930 --> 00:03:00,765 has to take four separate plane rides 19 00:03:00,849 --> 00:03:04,102 to arrive up here in chilly Barrow, Alaska. 20 00:03:05,311 --> 00:03:07,522 As you can imagine, the folks here at Amigos restaurant, 21 00:03:07,605 --> 00:03:10,942 the northern-most Mexican restaurant in the world, 22 00:03:11,025 --> 00:03:13,152 well, they can't get enough of this special treat. 23 00:03:13,653 --> 00:03:15,530 Hey, guys, how's the food? 24 00:03:20,535 --> 00:03:22,579 Holy guacamole, that's good. 25 00:03:22,662 --> 00:03:23,997 From up here in Barrow, Alaska, 26 00:03:24,122 --> 00:03:25,874 I'm Adam Carlson, Channel 2 News. 27 00:03:27,125 --> 00:03:28,918 Mexican food in the Arctic, huh? 28 00:03:29,002 --> 00:03:31,212 Well, now I've heard everything. Thanks, Adam. 29 00:03:31,296 --> 00:03:35,091 Adam Carlson continues his "Adam Around Alaska" reports from Barrow 30 00:03:35,174 --> 00:03:36,217 through the end of this week. 31 00:03:36,634 --> 00:03:38,720 That's gonna do it for us down here in Anchorage 32 00:03:38,845 --> 00:03:41,890 on this Tuesday, October 11th, 1988. 33 00:03:41,973 --> 00:03:43,224 I'm Don Davis. Good evening. 34 00:03:43,349 --> 00:03:45,018 Speech! Speech! Speech! 35 00:03:45,143 --> 00:03:46,144 No, no. 36 00:03:46,227 --> 00:03:47,979 Speech! Speech! Speech! 37 00:03:48,062 --> 00:03:50,982 All right. Let me think. 38 00:03:52,025 --> 00:03:53,818 I think it was Mark Twain 39 00:03:53,902 --> 00:03:56,613 who said that the coldest winter he ever spent 40 00:03:56,696 --> 00:03:58,323 was a summer in San Francisco. 41 00:03:59,198 --> 00:04:02,201 Let me tell you this is the coldest summer I've spent anywhere. 42 00:04:03,494 --> 00:04:05,872 But with the warmest people, and I really mean that. 43 00:04:05,997 --> 00:04:08,666 Thank you all for your hospitality. 44 00:04:08,750 --> 00:04:10,001 Appreciate it. 45 00:04:12,211 --> 00:04:13,504 When are you leaving? 46 00:04:14,047 --> 00:04:15,381 Thursday. 47 00:04:15,506 --> 00:04:17,258 Wait, you said that you were gonna do a story 48 00:04:17,342 --> 00:04:19,385 on my cousin and his snowmobile tricks. 49 00:04:19,510 --> 00:04:20,511 You promised. 50 00:04:20,595 --> 00:04:22,472 I promised? 51 00:04:22,555 --> 00:04:24,223 I think I said, if I had time. I'm really sorry. 52 00:04:24,349 --> 00:04:25,350 Come on. 53 00:04:25,433 --> 00:04:26,601 I don't think I'm gonna have time. 54 00:04:26,684 --> 00:04:27,894 Please, it won't take long. I'm sorry. 55 00:04:28,019 --> 00:04:29,270 I'm sorry. 56 00:04:32,565 --> 00:04:33,608 Is he even good? 57 00:04:33,733 --> 00:04:35,568 He'll blow your mind. 58 00:04:40,365 --> 00:04:42,241 Keep it up! 59 00:04:43,952 --> 00:04:46,412 Cool! Very cool! 60 00:04:49,290 --> 00:04:50,458 Get this one. This one, this one. 61 00:04:52,585 --> 00:04:53,878 Awesome, Arnold! 62 00:04:56,422 --> 00:04:58,091 This is pretty amazing, huh? 63 00:04:59,884 --> 00:05:00,969 You're being serious? 64 00:05:01,094 --> 00:05:02,720 Yeah. This is it? 65 00:05:03,304 --> 00:05:05,682 He's only warming up for the Donuts! 66 00:05:05,765 --> 00:05:07,892 Arnold, do the Donuts! 67 00:05:07,976 --> 00:05:09,143 Do something, Arnold. 68 00:05:18,903 --> 00:05:20,488 What the hell? 69 00:05:48,141 --> 00:05:51,060 Anchorage, Alaska 70 00:05:51,144 --> 00:05:52,395 Boys. 71 00:05:52,478 --> 00:05:53,896 There's the S.O.B. 72 00:05:53,980 --> 00:05:55,565 Now, now. Come on, Rob. 73 00:05:55,648 --> 00:05:57,316 We don't know who's going to get the drilling rights 74 00:05:57,442 --> 00:05:58,443 until we hear the bids. 75 00:05:58,526 --> 00:06:00,069 I think that's the way it works, right? 76 00:06:00,153 --> 00:06:01,529 I'm surprised to see you here. 77 00:06:01,654 --> 00:06:05,366 I thought you would be down on the ranch roping some R and R. 78 00:06:05,450 --> 00:06:07,368 Well, I figure, what's the fun in buying a new car 79 00:06:07,493 --> 00:06:09,162 if you can't be there to take delivery? 80 00:06:09,829 --> 00:06:10,913 Good morning. 81 00:06:10,997 --> 00:06:13,041 If everyone will please take a seat, 82 00:06:13,124 --> 00:06:14,709 we will go ahead and get started. 83 00:06:16,127 --> 00:06:19,630 As you all know, the bids for the oil drilling rights to Bristol Bay 84 00:06:19,714 --> 00:06:22,550 have all been submitted to the US Department of the Interior 85 00:06:22,675 --> 00:06:24,677 and have been kept secret. 86 00:06:25,386 --> 00:06:26,888 Until now. 87 00:06:28,556 --> 00:06:30,224 The highest bid is, 88 00:06:30,808 --> 00:06:33,561 and the contract for Bristol Bay goes to 89 00:06:34,062 --> 00:06:36,064 J.W. McGraw and Alaska Northern Oil. 90 00:06:36,147 --> 00:06:37,648 Yes! 91 00:06:37,732 --> 00:06:39,317 Yes, good work, you guys. 92 00:06:39,567 --> 00:06:41,861 What about the Greenpeace bid? 93 00:06:44,072 --> 00:06:46,949 The law says that you have to read all the bids. 94 00:06:47,033 --> 00:06:48,367 What about the Greenpeace bid? 95 00:06:48,493 --> 00:06:49,494 Ma'am, please. 96 00:06:49,577 --> 00:06:53,122 We bid the value of all the wildlife you're putting at risk. 97 00:06:53,206 --> 00:06:54,290 Please have a seat. 98 00:06:54,373 --> 00:06:56,125 Three-quarters of the world's salmon 99 00:06:56,209 --> 00:06:58,461 is being endangered up there, Mr. McGraw. 100 00:06:58,544 --> 00:07:00,213 Yeah. Get her the hell out of here. 101 00:07:00,338 --> 00:07:03,633 Three species of whales pass through there every year. 102 00:07:03,716 --> 00:07:06,719 There's nothing that whales like more than a big oil spill. 103 00:07:07,261 --> 00:07:08,346 It's their favorite. 104 00:07:08,679 --> 00:07:09,847 Wait, I'm not done. 105 00:07:09,931 --> 00:07:10,973 I'm not finished. 106 00:07:11,057 --> 00:07:12,100 Yes, you are. 107 00:07:12,183 --> 00:07:14,477 The law says that you have to read all... 108 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:15,728 Are you... Really? 109 00:07:15,853 --> 00:07:18,731 Okay, fine. I'll read the bids myself. 110 00:07:18,856 --> 00:07:20,775 Steller sea lions! 111 00:07:36,541 --> 00:07:37,792 Hello, guys. 112 00:07:38,084 --> 00:07:39,627 Hey. 113 00:07:40,253 --> 00:07:41,879 Malik, Pat. Hi. 114 00:07:41,963 --> 00:07:43,089 You got to see this. 115 00:07:47,260 --> 00:07:48,636 And here comes number two. 116 00:07:51,430 --> 00:07:53,057 Female. 117 00:07:53,141 --> 00:07:56,727 First one was a male, young but grown. 118 00:07:59,147 --> 00:08:03,651 Oh! It's a baby, maybe eight months old. 119 00:08:03,734 --> 00:08:04,861 Can they get free? 120 00:08:04,944 --> 00:08:08,656 No. This solid ice goes for five miles from the... 121 00:08:09,949 --> 00:08:11,951 This is solid ice, Adam. 122 00:08:12,076 --> 00:08:13,536 It goes for five miles 123 00:08:13,619 --> 00:08:16,831 from here to the waterways that lead to the open ocean. 124 00:08:19,625 --> 00:08:22,670 These gray heads are too soft to go through thick ice, 125 00:08:22,753 --> 00:08:25,840 but they know they have to keep the hole open so they don't drown. 126 00:08:26,299 --> 00:08:27,800 What do you think? A couple of days? 127 00:08:29,635 --> 00:08:33,347 Two, maybe three days, then this freezes over and... 128 00:08:39,687 --> 00:08:43,274 Cuts and bruises are now visible each time the whales surface. 129 00:08:43,357 --> 00:08:45,693 But for these three, there is no choice. 130 00:08:47,028 --> 00:08:50,781 Cuts and bruises are now visible each time the whales surface. 131 00:08:50,865 --> 00:08:51,908 But for... 132 00:08:57,538 --> 00:08:58,581 Don Davis. 133 00:08:58,664 --> 00:09:00,291 Hey, Don. Adam Carlson. 134 00:09:00,374 --> 00:09:02,710 Adam, how are things up there in the icebox? 135 00:09:02,835 --> 00:09:05,963 Going pretty well. Just preparing for my move to Chickaloon. 136 00:09:06,297 --> 00:09:08,216 Yeah. That's good, because it seems like your material up there 137 00:09:08,341 --> 00:09:10,718 is running pretty thin. 138 00:09:11,052 --> 00:09:14,555 Well, you know what? I think Barrow might have one more story left in her. 139 00:09:15,056 --> 00:09:16,390 Oh, really? What do you got? 140 00:09:16,474 --> 00:09:19,060 Ten more great uses for seal blubber? 141 00:09:19,185 --> 00:09:21,145 No, whales, actually. 142 00:09:21,229 --> 00:09:23,481 I got three California grays trapped in the ice. 143 00:09:23,564 --> 00:09:25,733 I got a great report and a ton of footage. 144 00:09:25,816 --> 00:09:26,901 Whales, huh? 145 00:09:27,026 --> 00:09:28,653 Everybody loves whales. 146 00:09:28,736 --> 00:09:30,529 Yeah, I guess. 147 00:09:31,155 --> 00:09:33,157 Well, shoot it on down to me on the satellite. 148 00:09:33,241 --> 00:09:34,325 I'll take a look at it. 149 00:09:34,408 --> 00:09:37,411 Fantastic! All right, I'm sending it up right now. 150 00:09:37,495 --> 00:09:39,247 You're gonna love it. I promise. All right. 151 00:09:39,330 --> 00:09:40,748 Take it easy. Okay. 152 00:09:40,915 --> 00:09:42,667 The Reagan administration 153 00:09:42,750 --> 00:09:45,586 just keeps selling off our natural resources 154 00:09:45,711 --> 00:09:48,673 to their buddies in the oil company, like Mr. McGraw. 155 00:09:48,756 --> 00:09:49,799 Get off me! 156 00:09:49,882 --> 00:09:51,592 After Miss Kramer was ejected from the hall, 157 00:09:51,717 --> 00:09:54,762 the oil lease auction proceeded without incident. 158 00:09:54,845 --> 00:09:57,181 And now from one environmental story to another. 159 00:09:57,265 --> 00:09:59,350 A family of three gray whales 160 00:09:59,433 --> 00:10:02,687 have found themselves trapped in the icy waters off Point Barrow. 161 00:10:03,020 --> 00:10:04,772 Adam Carlson reports. 162 00:10:04,855 --> 00:10:07,024 I'm standing out on this frozen landscape 163 00:10:07,108 --> 00:10:10,861 where we've recently discovered a tragedy unfolding here in Barrow. 164 00:10:12,613 --> 00:10:16,701 It's either continue fighting to keep the hole open, or drown. 165 00:10:16,784 --> 00:10:20,454 Both experts here give the whales a slim chance of survival. 166 00:10:20,538 --> 00:10:23,416 I'm Adam Carlson, reporting from Barrow, Alaska. 167 00:10:23,541 --> 00:10:24,542 Come on. 168 00:10:24,625 --> 00:10:27,837 Okay, even I know that was way better than Arnold's wheelies. 169 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:29,171 Right? Yeah. 170 00:10:29,255 --> 00:10:32,466 And, see, something like this would be very good for my reel. 171 00:10:33,050 --> 00:10:34,468 Adam, phone. 172 00:10:35,386 --> 00:10:36,554 Bet you that's a groupie. 173 00:10:36,637 --> 00:10:39,223 All right, let's not get carried away. Do you think it could be? 174 00:10:39,307 --> 00:10:40,349 Yeah. 175 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:42,643 This is Adam Carlson. 176 00:10:43,894 --> 00:10:48,149 You have whales in trouble up there and you didn't call me? 177 00:10:48,232 --> 00:10:50,484 I didn't call you because there's nothing you can do. 178 00:10:50,568 --> 00:10:53,654 Well, there's always something you can do. 179 00:10:53,738 --> 00:10:57,950 You didn't call me because I'm me. 180 00:10:58,117 --> 00:10:59,660 Yes, that's also true. 181 00:10:59,744 --> 00:11:00,786 Because when we broke up, 182 00:11:00,911 --> 00:11:03,581 you said not to call you or speak to you ever again. 183 00:11:03,664 --> 00:11:07,418 But this is different. There are whales in trouble. 184 00:11:07,501 --> 00:11:10,338 Rachel, if I called you every time a dung beetle or a fungus was in trouble, 185 00:11:10,463 --> 00:11:12,631 we'd never get off the phone. 186 00:11:12,965 --> 00:11:14,300 Adam. 187 00:11:18,012 --> 00:11:20,014 Okay, how long can they last? 188 00:11:22,850 --> 00:11:25,102 I don't know. 189 00:11:25,186 --> 00:11:26,854 Pat says a couple of days. 190 00:11:28,022 --> 00:11:29,523 The ice is getting thicker. 191 00:11:30,649 --> 00:11:31,901 That's not your only problem, though. 192 00:11:31,984 --> 00:11:33,444 The Inupiats want to harvest them. 193 00:11:34,945 --> 00:11:36,947 But they don't eat grays, they eat bowhead. 194 00:11:37,031 --> 00:11:39,116 I know, but they haven't filled their quota this year. 195 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,952 So, on Sunday night the whaling captains are meeting to get their permit. 196 00:11:44,163 --> 00:11:45,998 Not if I can help it. 197 00:11:46,165 --> 00:11:48,959 And a big thank you to Governor Haskell. 198 00:11:52,546 --> 00:11:53,798 Governor Haskell. 199 00:11:53,881 --> 00:11:55,549 Miss Kramer, nice to see you again. 200 00:11:55,633 --> 00:11:57,718 How's everything in nature? 201 00:11:57,802 --> 00:12:00,471 Fine. Listen, I don't mean to disrupt you... 202 00:12:00,554 --> 00:12:02,139 I don't think you know any other way. 203 00:12:02,223 --> 00:12:06,977 Governor, three gray whales are trapped off the coast of Barrow 204 00:12:07,061 --> 00:12:09,313 and we were wondering if you could help us. 205 00:12:09,397 --> 00:12:10,856 What kind of help? 206 00:12:11,399 --> 00:12:14,610 Mobilize the National Guard up to Barrow 207 00:12:14,693 --> 00:12:17,655 with a ship that can break through the ice. 208 00:12:21,242 --> 00:12:22,451 Are you serious? 209 00:12:22,535 --> 00:12:26,247 You want me to mobilize the National Guard to save a few whales? 210 00:12:26,914 --> 00:12:28,332 Excuse me. 211 00:12:31,502 --> 00:12:33,504 Because whales can't vote, right? 212 00:12:33,587 --> 00:12:36,298 And they can't give big campaign contributions, 213 00:12:36,382 --> 00:12:39,301 so, who cares about a bunch of stupid whales, right? 214 00:12:39,385 --> 00:12:40,511 Please. 215 00:12:40,594 --> 00:12:44,098 In Alaska, there are no simple rescues. 216 00:12:44,181 --> 00:12:46,225 If I get the National Guard involved, 217 00:12:46,350 --> 00:12:48,352 I'm putting their lives at risk, 218 00:12:48,436 --> 00:12:50,813 and when a whale dies, Miss Kramer, 219 00:12:50,896 --> 00:12:53,899 you don't have to tell its wife and children. 220 00:12:56,694 --> 00:12:57,736 NBC Studios, New York 221 00:12:57,862 --> 00:13:00,030 All right, people, let's go over this one more time. 222 00:13:00,114 --> 00:13:04,702 We do the Bush-Dukakis debates, followed by voter reaction. 223 00:13:04,785 --> 00:13:08,747 Do the budget deficit piece, the S&L indictments and what? 224 00:13:08,873 --> 00:13:09,874 The Anti-Drug bill, right? 225 00:13:10,291 --> 00:13:12,251 That leaves us a minute and 40 seconds to fill. 226 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,087 Well, did anything new come in on the feeds? 227 00:13:15,212 --> 00:13:17,423 Yeah, you got Chrysler laying off 5,000. 228 00:13:17,923 --> 00:13:20,384 A train off the tracks in India, 60 dead. 229 00:13:21,385 --> 00:13:23,888 And a bunch of whales stuck in the ice in the North Pole. 230 00:13:24,722 --> 00:13:26,307 Whales. 231 00:13:26,765 --> 00:13:29,226 Brokaw's a sucker for those stories. 232 00:13:29,393 --> 00:13:32,313 Wait, wait, wait, but show me how you got that. 233 00:13:32,396 --> 00:13:33,522 It's easy. 234 00:13:33,606 --> 00:13:36,942 If 26 is less or equal to three-x plus one, 235 00:13:37,067 --> 00:13:38,444 I just use the additive... 236 00:13:38,569 --> 00:13:39,778 Adam, listening? 237 00:13:39,904 --> 00:13:41,155 Yep. 238 00:13:41,238 --> 00:13:43,616 ...It also means hot dogs. 239 00:13:43,741 --> 00:13:46,285 Specifically, Deener's Weiners. 240 00:13:46,410 --> 00:13:48,704 A MacArthur Park institution for over 50 years. 241 00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:49,830 You like her. 242 00:13:49,914 --> 00:13:52,124 What? No, I don't. 243 00:13:52,249 --> 00:13:54,502 Well, I like her. She's hot. 244 00:13:54,585 --> 00:13:56,837 Okay, don't you have to go? 245 00:13:57,129 --> 00:13:58,172 No. 246 00:13:58,255 --> 00:13:59,381 Yes, I think you do. 247 00:13:59,465 --> 00:14:01,175 I think you're supposed to be at a dance thing. 248 00:14:01,258 --> 00:14:02,468 It's so boring. 249 00:14:02,593 --> 00:14:03,636 It's also tradition 250 00:14:03,761 --> 00:14:06,180 and your grandfather's going to kill me if you miss it, so... 251 00:14:06,263 --> 00:14:08,807 So? It's not like I'm gonna be here when I grow up. 252 00:14:08,933 --> 00:14:10,351 I don't want to be here. 253 00:14:10,434 --> 00:14:12,853 I want to be out there, like you. 254 00:14:13,103 --> 00:14:15,981 Can you believe that she was in a tiny little news station 255 00:14:16,106 --> 00:14:18,359 in Lawrence, Kansas, like, four years ago? 256 00:14:18,526 --> 00:14:21,529 Yeah, you like her. Holy crap! 257 00:14:21,612 --> 00:14:24,907 Whoa! What did I say about the language? Holy crap! 258 00:14:24,990 --> 00:14:27,451 In Northern Alaska, winter comes very early, 259 00:14:27,535 --> 00:14:29,828 and for three California gray whales, 260 00:14:29,954 --> 00:14:31,789 it may have come too early this year. 261 00:14:31,872 --> 00:14:35,709 Adam Carlson reports from the most northern point of the United States. 262 00:14:35,793 --> 00:14:38,045 I'm standing out on this frozen landscape 263 00:14:38,128 --> 00:14:41,507 where we recently discovered a tragedy unfolding here in Barrow. 264 00:14:41,632 --> 00:14:44,176 Ice is freezing the Beaufort Sea, 265 00:14:44,301 --> 00:14:46,387 more quickly than usual for this time of year. 266 00:14:46,470 --> 00:14:48,389 And three gray whales, 267 00:14:48,472 --> 00:14:50,307 two adults and their baby, 268 00:14:50,391 --> 00:14:54,144 are now trapped within a wall of ice, six inches thick. 269 00:14:54,228 --> 00:14:57,189 According to Pat Lafayette of Alaska Wildlife Management, 270 00:14:57,314 --> 00:15:01,902 these gray whales were to have already begun their annual migration south. 271 00:15:01,986 --> 00:15:06,532 It's a 5, 000-mile journey that takes them down the coast of North America 272 00:15:06,657 --> 00:15:10,119 to a lagoon in Baja, Mexico, where they breed. 273 00:15:10,202 --> 00:15:12,621 These three whales were certainly not expecting 274 00:15:12,705 --> 00:15:15,666 to be imprisoned in an Arctic dungeon. 275 00:15:15,749 --> 00:15:18,669 A gray whale's head, unlike the stout bowhead whale, 276 00:15:18,752 --> 00:15:20,796 is too soft to break through the ice 277 00:15:20,879 --> 00:15:23,090 and it's beginning to take its toll. 278 00:15:23,173 --> 00:15:26,385 Cuts and bruises are now visible each time the whales surface. 279 00:15:26,510 --> 00:15:29,138 But for these three, there is no choice. 280 00:15:29,221 --> 00:15:33,851 It's either continue fighting to keep the hole open, or drown. 281 00:15:33,934 --> 00:15:37,438 Both experts here give the whales a slim chance of survival. 282 00:15:53,370 --> 00:15:54,705 Good morning, Greenpeace. 283 00:15:54,788 --> 00:15:57,625 Dave, those whales are dead if I don't get some help. Okay? 284 00:15:57,708 --> 00:15:58,876 Greenpeace Headquarters, Anchorage 285 00:15:58,959 --> 00:16:01,211 There's the quote for your paper. I gotta go. 286 00:16:03,088 --> 00:16:04,131 Hello. 287 00:16:04,214 --> 00:16:07,217 I know how you can free those whales. 288 00:16:07,468 --> 00:16:08,927 Who is this? 289 00:16:09,053 --> 00:16:10,888 I'm a friend of the whales. 290 00:16:11,263 --> 00:16:14,433 In Prudhoe Bay, there's a giant hover barge 291 00:16:14,558 --> 00:16:17,102 that belongs to Alaska Northern Oil. 292 00:16:17,227 --> 00:16:19,271 It was built to break through the ice, 293 00:16:19,396 --> 00:16:23,025 and trust me, it's exactly what you need. 294 00:16:23,108 --> 00:16:26,654 You just have to get the National Guard to supply a helicopter 295 00:16:26,737 --> 00:16:29,198 to tow it from Prudhoe to Barrow. 296 00:16:29,281 --> 00:16:31,241 How do you know all of this? 297 00:16:31,742 --> 00:16:34,912 I have very good connections. 298 00:16:47,257 --> 00:16:48,926 Where the hell are we? 299 00:16:49,968 --> 00:16:52,096 Brokaw and his damn whales! 300 00:17:01,438 --> 00:17:03,899 "All raw whale and seal meat 301 00:17:03,982 --> 00:17:07,945 "must be stored in leak-proof packages for shipment." 302 00:17:08,529 --> 00:17:10,989 You know, I think they got a sign like that in Disneyland. 303 00:17:11,115 --> 00:17:12,157 Did you find the bathroom? 304 00:17:12,282 --> 00:17:13,909 Yeah. Two Porta-Johns. 305 00:17:13,992 --> 00:17:18,372 One with a broken door. One with a frozen lid. 306 00:17:32,469 --> 00:17:34,221 Oh, God! 307 00:17:35,389 --> 00:17:36,849 Boulder, Colorado 308 00:17:36,974 --> 00:17:38,684 She called you? Interesting. 309 00:17:38,809 --> 00:17:40,102 I'll tell you something, Ruth. 310 00:17:40,185 --> 00:17:42,187 That woman has got a hell of a big pair 311 00:17:42,312 --> 00:17:44,773 thinking that she can ask me for help 312 00:17:44,857 --> 00:17:47,151 after the way she embarrassed me like that. 313 00:17:47,234 --> 00:17:50,112 I mean, she's nuts if she thinks I'm going to let some hippies 314 00:17:50,195 --> 00:17:53,198 use my barge to save a bunch of whales! 315 00:17:53,323 --> 00:17:54,616 Thank you. 316 00:17:54,700 --> 00:17:58,370 Is Barrow near that Arctic wildlife reserve you're always going on about? 317 00:17:58,495 --> 00:18:00,330 That place you want to drill so bad? 318 00:18:00,914 --> 00:18:03,709 That's a whole other fight. 319 00:18:03,834 --> 00:18:07,171 She's got her tree-hugger buddies in Washington killing me on that one, too. 320 00:18:07,254 --> 00:18:11,300 You know, I spent a fortune and I still can't get the votes I need to drill. 321 00:18:11,383 --> 00:18:14,178 Can you imagine what those people would think if you saved those whales? 322 00:18:14,261 --> 00:18:15,721 Yeah, right. 323 00:18:20,726 --> 00:18:22,853 If we started hugging trees, too. 324 00:18:22,936 --> 00:18:24,271 I'll tell you what it would do. 325 00:18:24,521 --> 00:18:28,525 It would make it a whole lot harder to make me look like the bad guy all the time. 326 00:18:28,609 --> 00:18:31,069 Honey, how much could it cost to move one silly little barge? 327 00:18:31,195 --> 00:18:33,363 Well, I'll tell you. Twenty or thirty grand, probably. 328 00:18:41,872 --> 00:18:44,958 Excuse me, I'll be right back. Sorry. 329 00:18:54,051 --> 00:18:55,761 Yeah, Bobby, I just changed my mind. 330 00:18:55,886 --> 00:18:58,555 Tell the witch she can use my barge. 331 00:18:59,056 --> 00:19:03,268 Right. Whoa, whoa, whoa! Listen, have the girls put out a press release 332 00:19:03,393 --> 00:19:07,356 saying that we're even going to spring for the gas for the helicopters. 333 00:19:07,439 --> 00:19:09,066 All right? 334 00:19:09,316 --> 00:19:11,109 You did that story on Hurricane Gilbert last month. 335 00:19:11,235 --> 00:19:12,236 Yeah. 336 00:19:12,319 --> 00:19:13,737 Adam and I watched every second of that. 337 00:19:13,821 --> 00:19:14,863 Really? 338 00:19:14,947 --> 00:19:17,574 Yeah, we got all the feeds at the TV station. 339 00:19:17,658 --> 00:19:20,077 Hey, how did they get that killer facility 340 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,787 all the way out to a place like this? 341 00:19:21,912 --> 00:19:23,121 Welcome to Barrow. 342 00:19:23,247 --> 00:19:26,375 You have a $400-million high school next to a $400 house. 343 00:19:26,458 --> 00:19:27,584 Did you get the tapes? 344 00:19:27,668 --> 00:19:28,752 Oh, no. 345 00:19:29,127 --> 00:19:30,420 I don't know how you do it. 346 00:19:30,504 --> 00:19:32,798 I'm not from here. I'm down in Anchorage. 347 00:19:32,923 --> 00:19:34,550 I would love to get to the lower 48, though. 348 00:19:34,633 --> 00:19:36,635 It involves El Niño, if you can believe that. 349 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,595 That's amazing. 350 00:19:38,679 --> 00:19:39,805 With the whale story heating up, 351 00:19:39,930 --> 00:19:42,641 maybe you guys could take a look at my reel, or... 352 00:19:42,766 --> 00:19:46,186 I don't think he's going to recommend anybody who can steal his job. 353 00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:49,106 What the hell? 354 00:19:49,523 --> 00:19:52,776 Yeah, those things are like twigs out in this temperature. 355 00:19:53,193 --> 00:19:54,236 I keep some extras in the trunk. 356 00:19:54,319 --> 00:19:55,612 I'll get them. 357 00:19:55,946 --> 00:19:56,989 Ow! 358 00:19:57,781 --> 00:19:58,782 Ow. 359 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:01,326 Could you get me some coffee? 360 00:20:01,451 --> 00:20:03,161 Maybe some hot coffee. 361 00:20:03,453 --> 00:20:05,289 Time and hope appear to be running out... 362 00:20:05,372 --> 00:20:06,415 It's on! It's on! 363 00:20:06,498 --> 00:20:08,292 ...for three California gray whales that have been trapped 364 00:20:08,375 --> 00:20:11,336 for more than a week in the thickening ice of the Arctic Ocean. 365 00:20:11,461 --> 00:20:13,297 Hey, what's happening? 366 00:20:14,214 --> 00:20:16,300 They are pathetic creatures. 367 00:20:16,383 --> 00:20:20,095 One can hear the sound of panic as they surface to breathe. 368 00:20:20,178 --> 00:20:22,764 Temperatures are well below zero. 369 00:20:22,848 --> 00:20:25,851 The hole has gotten smaller, the ice has gotten thicker. 370 00:20:25,976 --> 00:20:28,979 The three whales have nowhere to go. 371 00:20:29,062 --> 00:20:32,024 It's five miles from here to open water. 372 00:20:32,149 --> 00:20:35,694 And they can't swim that far underwater without breathing. 373 00:20:35,819 --> 00:20:40,032 Groups like Greenpeace are scrambling to figure out how to save the whales, 374 00:20:40,157 --> 00:20:45,162 but the local Inupiat tribe is considering an alternative plan. 375 00:20:46,747 --> 00:20:50,083 Harvesting the whales for food. 376 00:20:51,376 --> 00:20:52,419 KABC Studios, Los Angeles 377 00:20:52,502 --> 00:20:55,047 Okay. One last thing. This whale story is heating up. 378 00:20:55,172 --> 00:20:56,840 I need to send someone. 379 00:20:58,091 --> 00:20:59,426 Don't everybody jump at once. 380 00:20:59,509 --> 00:21:00,552 I'll go. 381 00:21:01,345 --> 00:21:03,931 I've spoken to a marine biologist about the situation 382 00:21:04,014 --> 00:21:06,350 and I've already been in contact with the mayor's office in Barrow. 383 00:21:07,851 --> 00:21:10,187 Uh-huh. It's yours if you want it, Wes. 384 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,439 Oh, it's a cat-in-a-tree. 385 00:21:12,522 --> 00:21:16,068 I think I'll stick around here and do the stories that matter. 386 00:21:16,193 --> 00:21:19,029 Really, and what is it that makes a story matter, Wes? 387 00:21:20,364 --> 00:21:24,076 What makes a story matter is that I cover it. 388 00:21:26,787 --> 00:21:29,915 Now, if those whales go on a killing spree, or run for office, 389 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:31,291 give me a call. 390 00:21:34,211 --> 00:21:35,712 We've secured the hover barge 391 00:21:35,879 --> 00:21:38,632 and now all we need is the cooperation of the National Guard. 392 00:21:38,715 --> 00:21:41,635 But that has to come down from the governor, and so far, 393 00:21:41,718 --> 00:21:44,429 the governor has basically turned his back on the whales. 394 00:21:44,554 --> 00:21:45,931 Next question. 395 00:21:46,056 --> 00:21:48,392 I hate her so much. 396 00:21:48,558 --> 00:21:53,313 And we will do everything we can to help these poor creatures. 397 00:21:55,732 --> 00:21:56,775 Yeah. 398 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,491 Nine. Ten. 399 00:22:04,574 --> 00:22:05,617 Eagle River, Alaska 400 00:22:05,909 --> 00:22:07,411 Eleven. 401 00:22:09,162 --> 00:22:12,082 You got it. Finish it, Boyer! 402 00:22:16,753 --> 00:22:18,255 Colonel Boyer. 403 00:22:19,631 --> 00:22:21,091 Yes, General. 404 00:22:21,341 --> 00:22:23,051 Now, the ice-breaking hover barge 405 00:22:23,135 --> 00:22:26,430 is up in my Prudhoe Bay drilling complex. 406 00:22:26,513 --> 00:22:28,974 So, all you have to do is hook a line to it, 407 00:22:29,099 --> 00:22:32,477 take your chopper and pull it across the ice here, 408 00:22:32,602 --> 00:22:34,646 all the way up to Barrow. 409 00:22:34,771 --> 00:22:36,481 It's 270 miles as a crow flies. 410 00:22:36,606 --> 00:22:37,607 Right. 411 00:22:37,691 --> 00:22:39,109 Are these whales posing a threat to anyone? 412 00:22:39,192 --> 00:22:40,444 How many lives are in danger? 413 00:22:40,610 --> 00:22:42,612 None. Just the whales. 414 00:22:43,947 --> 00:22:45,532 Are they at least killer whales, sir? 415 00:22:45,615 --> 00:22:46,950 Relax, Scotty. 416 00:22:47,117 --> 00:22:48,785 This is purely a PR thing on our end. 417 00:22:48,869 --> 00:22:50,495 Right, yeah. More like that. 418 00:22:50,620 --> 00:22:52,706 Come on back here for a sec. 419 00:22:54,374 --> 00:22:56,209 The pull will take two days, max. 420 00:22:56,293 --> 00:22:59,004 Maybe another day in Barrow, breaking the ice. 421 00:22:59,129 --> 00:23:01,131 You'll be home before the weekend. 422 00:23:02,382 --> 00:23:05,969 So, who am I taking my orders from then, General? 423 00:23:06,636 --> 00:23:08,180 We're all in this together, Scotty. 424 00:23:08,305 --> 00:23:10,891 Yeah. Look, Colonel, hell, if it was up to me, 425 00:23:10,974 --> 00:23:13,852 I'd drop a bunch of bombs to break up the ice. 426 00:23:13,977 --> 00:23:17,647 But the experts say that would kill pretty much every other critter up there. 427 00:23:17,731 --> 00:23:20,192 So, it's the hover barge. 428 00:23:20,317 --> 00:23:23,153 The good news is that the pull should be a piece of cake. 429 00:23:23,487 --> 00:23:25,197 With all due respect, Mr. McGraw, 430 00:23:25,322 --> 00:23:26,531 nothing is that simple in the Arctic. 431 00:23:26,656 --> 00:23:28,575 That's why you're paying high-school dropouts 432 00:23:28,658 --> 00:23:30,702 $200,000 a year to work your rigs up there. 433 00:23:30,827 --> 00:23:35,665 Colonel, if J.W. says it's doable, it's doable. 434 00:23:36,333 --> 00:23:37,834 Yes, sir. 435 00:23:39,169 --> 00:23:40,670 Good. 436 00:23:49,846 --> 00:23:51,181 This is insane. 437 00:23:56,853 --> 00:23:57,896 Hey, Pat. 438 00:23:58,021 --> 00:23:59,022 Hi, Rachel. 439 00:23:59,106 --> 00:24:00,148 Hi, Adam. 440 00:24:00,232 --> 00:24:01,274 Hey. 441 00:24:07,197 --> 00:24:08,949 I brought you something. 442 00:24:09,032 --> 00:24:10,075 Oh... 443 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,744 It's a birthday present, 444 00:24:12,869 --> 00:24:15,455 but you dumped me before I had the chance to give it to you. 445 00:24:15,539 --> 00:24:17,916 Well, that's not really what happened, but thank you. 446 00:24:18,041 --> 00:24:19,209 It's a robe. 447 00:24:19,292 --> 00:24:20,794 Surprise! 448 00:24:22,712 --> 00:24:26,299 I figured you could use something up here to keep you warm. 449 00:24:26,383 --> 00:24:27,425 Absolutely. 450 00:24:27,551 --> 00:24:30,554 No. Thank you, this is really sweet of you. Thanks. 451 00:24:34,975 --> 00:24:36,560 So, what's your plan? 452 00:24:36,893 --> 00:24:38,186 Stop the Inupiats. 453 00:24:38,270 --> 00:24:39,312 Mmm-hmm. 454 00:24:39,396 --> 00:24:43,316 Use the media to show the world what heartless hunters they are. 455 00:24:44,568 --> 00:24:46,069 Adam? What? 456 00:24:46,153 --> 00:24:47,737 Are you even listening to me? 457 00:24:47,904 --> 00:24:50,157 Yes. Yes, I definitely am. 458 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:51,908 You know, the Inupiats are very good people. 459 00:24:51,992 --> 00:24:53,118 They're killers, Adam. 460 00:24:53,660 --> 00:24:57,914 And I'm the only thing standing between those whales and their harpoons. 461 00:24:57,998 --> 00:24:59,082 But when I'm done, 462 00:24:59,166 --> 00:25:02,586 the press is gonna want to hang them from the rafters. 463 00:25:03,253 --> 00:25:05,255 $0, happy birthday. 464 00:25:18,602 --> 00:25:20,103 Five hundred a night? 465 00:25:20,270 --> 00:25:21,271 Yep. For this? 466 00:25:21,605 --> 00:25:22,606 Yes. 467 00:25:22,689 --> 00:25:24,524 Okay, I'll be with you in one minute. 468 00:25:24,608 --> 00:25:26,193 Excuse me, are there any other hotels? 469 00:25:26,443 --> 00:25:27,944 Nope. Take it or leave it 470 00:25:30,530 --> 00:25:32,782 Sorry, no credit cards. Cash only. 471 00:25:33,366 --> 00:25:35,285 Okay, can I help whoever is next? 472 00:25:35,368 --> 00:25:37,037 Right here. I have cash. 473 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:38,538 This machine was built in 1970. 474 00:25:38,622 --> 00:25:39,664 Prudhoe Bay, Alaska 475 00:25:39,789 --> 00:25:40,874 The next year it enters the record books, 476 00:25:40,957 --> 00:25:43,501 making an ascent straight up to 36,000 feet 477 00:25:43,627 --> 00:25:44,669 in under six minutes. 478 00:25:44,794 --> 00:25:48,465 That's a faster climb rate than an F-14 Tomcat. 479 00:25:48,548 --> 00:25:50,008 So, my old girl here and her sister 480 00:25:50,133 --> 00:25:52,344 will be pulling 75,000 pounds of hover barge 481 00:25:52,469 --> 00:25:55,805 from here all the way to those three whales stuck off Point Barrow. 482 00:25:55,889 --> 00:25:58,433 Now, the hover barge is 40 by 60 feet. 483 00:25:58,516 --> 00:26:00,352 We have jet-fueled turbines. 484 00:26:00,477 --> 00:26:04,022 These massive engines create a cushion of air right here, 485 00:26:04,147 --> 00:26:05,565 underneath the barge. 486 00:26:05,649 --> 00:26:07,317 And this causes the hover barge 487 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,527 to liftoff the ground four feet, 488 00:26:09,653 --> 00:26:13,031 enabling us to move at will, pulverizing any ice in our path. 489 00:26:13,156 --> 00:26:14,199 How long do you... 490 00:26:14,324 --> 00:26:16,534 I'm sorry, we're going to get back to work now, if you don't mind. 491 00:26:16,660 --> 00:26:17,869 Thank you. Thank you, sir. 492 00:26:17,994 --> 00:26:19,496 Thanks, Colonel. Thank you. 493 00:26:19,996 --> 00:26:21,373 Thank you. 494 00:26:22,666 --> 00:26:26,544 If you went back 10,000 years, our ancestors would be 495 00:26:26,670 --> 00:26:30,048 mending their umiak frame 496 00:26:30,173 --> 00:26:32,509 right here, just like this. 497 00:26:33,176 --> 00:26:36,012 You know they have motor boats now, right, Grandpa? 498 00:26:37,013 --> 00:26:38,890 Oh, boy. 499 00:26:39,015 --> 00:26:40,809 Look what I got, fresh off the cargo plane. 500 00:26:40,892 --> 00:26:42,602 What? What are they? 501 00:26:42,686 --> 00:26:44,604 The next phase in your training. Awesome. 502 00:26:44,688 --> 00:26:48,024 Def Leppard, Hysteria. Rattle and Hum by U2. 503 00:26:48,358 --> 00:26:50,902 And Guns N' Roses, Appetite for Destruction. 504 00:26:51,027 --> 00:26:52,737 Wow! Thank you so much. 505 00:26:52,862 --> 00:26:53,863 And for your Walkman. 506 00:26:53,947 --> 00:26:56,199 Batteries. Yes. 507 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,537 I gotta go. I got batteries. I'll be right back. 508 00:27:03,707 --> 00:27:06,209 If we all got that excited about batteries, right? 509 00:27:07,877 --> 00:27:10,046 Hey, so you going to this Whaling Captains meeting tonight? 510 00:27:10,213 --> 00:27:12,924 Seems like there's a lot riding on the outcome. 511 00:27:13,049 --> 00:27:14,592 I put Roy in charge. 512 00:27:14,718 --> 00:27:15,844 Roy? 513 00:27:15,927 --> 00:27:18,888 Roy and Rachel, that's going to get ugly. 514 00:27:19,889 --> 00:27:22,183 Malik, you know there's a lot of press here now. 515 00:27:22,267 --> 00:27:24,769 And they don't understand your people, 516 00:27:24,894 --> 00:27:26,229 or what it takes for you to survive. 517 00:27:26,396 --> 00:27:28,565 We don't need them to understand us. 518 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,403 You may need them more than you think. 519 00:27:36,948 --> 00:27:39,075 I have work to finish. 520 00:27:41,411 --> 00:27:42,912 Okay. 521 00:27:50,420 --> 00:27:52,964 Why won't you give us a chance to get them out? 522 00:27:53,089 --> 00:27:56,134 I have a barge that's just days away, 523 00:27:56,259 --> 00:27:59,554 but instead you want to kill a family? 524 00:27:59,637 --> 00:28:02,307 A baby, for God's sake! For sport! 525 00:28:02,432 --> 00:28:04,309 Hold on. It's what I feed my family. 526 00:28:05,518 --> 00:28:08,313 And it's what we feed our babies. 527 00:28:08,438 --> 00:28:11,983 The whale chooses the Whaler and they have chosen us. 528 00:28:12,108 --> 00:28:13,985 The whale told you this? 529 00:28:14,110 --> 00:28:15,362 Did it write you a letter? 530 00:28:15,445 --> 00:28:20,325 "Dear Roy, I'd be honored if you would drag me up to the beach, 531 00:28:20,450 --> 00:28:21,868 "harpoon me and slice me up." 532 00:28:21,951 --> 00:28:23,161 Hold on, here. Hold on. 533 00:28:23,286 --> 00:28:24,329 "Best wishes, the whale." 534 00:28:24,454 --> 00:28:25,538 No, no. 535 00:28:25,622 --> 00:28:28,083 What you're saying is ridiculous. 536 00:28:28,166 --> 00:28:31,252 You're a white girl from out of town. You don't belong here! 537 00:28:31,336 --> 00:28:33,546 This is Inupiat country. 538 00:28:36,466 --> 00:28:39,052 Roy, every Inupiat gets a huge stipend 539 00:28:39,135 --> 00:28:41,346 for the drilling rights to the oil for their land. 540 00:28:42,305 --> 00:28:45,016 You can buy all the food that you want. 541 00:28:45,141 --> 00:28:47,102 Rachel, we have to hunt! 542 00:28:47,185 --> 00:28:48,978 One day, that oil's going to run out, 543 00:28:49,312 --> 00:28:52,357 and when it does, the money will stop coming. 544 00:28:53,316 --> 00:28:55,944 If we don't teach our children how to feed themselves, 545 00:28:56,027 --> 00:28:57,195 they're going to starve. 546 00:28:57,821 --> 00:28:59,823 And who's going to feed them then? 547 00:28:59,989 --> 00:29:00,990 Are you? 548 00:29:17,173 --> 00:29:19,342 Let's take a five-minute break. 549 00:29:26,516 --> 00:29:28,685 Hey, guys. Hey, guys. 550 00:29:28,852 --> 00:29:31,271 Guys. Listen to what I have to say. 551 00:29:31,354 --> 00:29:34,816 You know the world has gotten bigger for us. 552 00:29:34,899 --> 00:29:38,903 And the outsiders have taken away so much. 553 00:29:39,237 --> 00:29:40,738 They move to our land. 554 00:29:40,864 --> 00:29:43,158 They've even changed our way of life. 555 00:29:43,241 --> 00:29:45,660 But we still survive, right? 556 00:29:45,743 --> 00:29:46,828 Right. 557 00:29:46,911 --> 00:29:49,914 But if we give them pictures of us killing those whales, 558 00:29:50,540 --> 00:29:53,626 they could take away our rights to hunt. 559 00:29:53,710 --> 00:29:55,462 And that would be our end. 560 00:29:55,545 --> 00:29:57,547 But maybe that's why we need to fight them. 561 00:29:57,881 --> 00:30:01,092 Make them understand that we respect and honor whales. 562 00:30:01,217 --> 00:30:03,803 That the ocean is our garden. 563 00:30:03,887 --> 00:30:07,390 And that the whales keep us alive. 564 00:30:08,057 --> 00:30:11,728 All they will see is blood. 565 00:30:13,730 --> 00:30:16,232 May I have your attention, please. 566 00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:18,735 Attention, please. 567 00:30:26,910 --> 00:30:30,288 The Whaling Captains of Barrow have decided 568 00:30:30,955 --> 00:30:33,917 we're going to help free the whales! 569 00:31:50,493 --> 00:31:53,162 Cardboard! Get your cardboard! 570 00:32:14,892 --> 00:32:16,686 Is this seat taken? 571 00:32:19,522 --> 00:32:22,066 Oh, man. What am I going to have this morning? 572 00:32:22,191 --> 00:32:24,944 I usually do the Eight-Egg Breakfast Burrito, which is fantastic, 573 00:32:25,028 --> 00:32:30,033 but the Pile-0-Pancakes with a side of ham steak is tempting. 574 00:32:31,034 --> 00:32:32,035 What do you think I should get? 575 00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:34,412 The name of a good cardiologist. 576 00:32:34,537 --> 00:32:35,538 Nice. 577 00:32:35,622 --> 00:32:36,789 I'm Adam Carlson, by the way. 578 00:32:36,873 --> 00:32:39,626 I've been working up here for a few months and... 579 00:32:39,709 --> 00:32:41,044 I broke the whale story. 580 00:32:42,045 --> 00:32:44,505 So, you're the reason we're all here. 581 00:32:44,589 --> 00:32:46,132 Guilty as charged. 582 00:32:46,215 --> 00:32:47,425 I'm Jill Jerard. 583 00:32:47,550 --> 00:32:49,260 KABC, Los Angeles. KABC, Los Angeles. 584 00:32:49,385 --> 00:32:50,845 And before that, KPHX, Phoenix. 585 00:32:50,928 --> 00:32:52,930 Yeah, how did you know... 586 00:32:53,056 --> 00:32:54,766 I like to watch a lot of feeds from around the world. 587 00:32:54,891 --> 00:32:57,602 It's sort of a thing that I do. 588 00:32:57,685 --> 00:33:00,438 By the way, I loved that story you had on the Olympian. 589 00:33:00,521 --> 00:33:02,815 The javelin thrower from Watts. Great! 590 00:33:02,899 --> 00:33:03,941 Hey, Dana. 591 00:33:04,025 --> 00:33:05,068 Do you know what you want? You better hurry 592 00:33:05,151 --> 00:33:06,944 because we're running out of everything. 593 00:33:07,028 --> 00:33:10,615 Yeah, what are you going to have? That's it? 594 00:33:10,698 --> 00:33:13,368 No, you gotta eat. We're gonna have two number threes. 595 00:33:13,451 --> 00:33:14,952 Thank you. 596 00:33:15,036 --> 00:33:16,537 No, I'm on a very strict diet. 597 00:33:17,038 --> 00:33:20,208 Fat ladies with oily skin don't report the news in Los Angeles. 598 00:33:20,458 --> 00:33:22,502 If you don't have 10,000 calories today, 599 00:33:22,585 --> 00:33:23,961 you won't last five minutes out there. 600 00:33:24,045 --> 00:33:26,881 I won't eat 10,000 calories in a year. 601 00:33:27,090 --> 00:33:28,299 And I don't have the cash. 602 00:33:28,383 --> 00:33:30,093 It's fine. It's on me. 603 00:33:31,969 --> 00:33:33,429 What was your name again? 604 00:33:46,067 --> 00:33:47,777 And thank you again, Adam. 605 00:33:47,860 --> 00:33:51,614 Yeah, absolutely. Go get them today. 606 00:33:51,698 --> 00:33:54,325 Yikes! What am I, your coach? 607 00:33:54,409 --> 00:33:56,244 Just have a good day. Okay. 608 00:33:56,577 --> 00:33:58,746 Ride, 60 bucks! Rides! 609 00:33:58,830 --> 00:34:00,832 Cardboard! Get your cardboard! 610 00:34:00,915 --> 00:34:01,958 It's the best I could do. 611 00:34:02,041 --> 00:34:03,084 It's okay. Thanks. 612 00:34:04,252 --> 00:34:05,753 Let's find a ride. 613 00:34:06,629 --> 00:34:09,257 Cardboard! Get your cardboard! 614 00:34:10,925 --> 00:34:13,344 Hey! You want to buy some cardboard? 615 00:34:13,428 --> 00:34:14,470 What? 616 00:34:14,554 --> 00:34:15,847 Cardboard for sale. 617 00:34:15,930 --> 00:34:17,181 Why would I need cardboard? 618 00:34:17,265 --> 00:34:19,183 To stand on the ice. $20. 619 00:34:19,267 --> 00:34:20,351 20 bucks? 620 00:34:20,435 --> 00:34:21,686 Yeah. 621 00:34:21,769 --> 00:34:24,480 No, thanks, kid. This is not my first rodeo. 622 00:34:24,564 --> 00:34:26,274 Okay. 623 00:34:56,345 --> 00:34:57,597 Adam? 624 00:34:58,264 --> 00:35:00,683 Adam! Wait up! 625 00:35:02,602 --> 00:35:03,686 Adam? 626 00:35:03,770 --> 00:35:05,062 Hi. Hey. 627 00:35:05,146 --> 00:35:06,355 Do you have room for two more? 628 00:35:06,439 --> 00:35:08,024 Yeah, we're good, right, Pat? Sure. 629 00:35:08,107 --> 00:35:09,567 Thank you. Terry, load it in. 630 00:35:09,650 --> 00:35:10,693 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 631 00:35:10,985 --> 00:35:13,029 Press have to find their own way out there. 632 00:35:14,947 --> 00:35:17,742 Never heard that one before. Did you just make that up? 633 00:35:17,825 --> 00:35:20,787 No. Everybody is doing it. 634 00:35:20,870 --> 00:35:24,373 Come on, lady, help me out. Do it for the whales. 635 00:35:24,499 --> 00:35:27,710 You don't care about the whales. You care about ratings. 636 00:35:27,794 --> 00:35:30,922 Yeah, the ratings are what's going to keep the rescue going 637 00:35:31,005 --> 00:35:33,633 which is going to save the whales. 638 00:35:33,716 --> 00:35:35,176 She's right. 639 00:36:00,034 --> 00:36:02,995 Rachel, I'd like you to meet Fred. 640 00:36:05,915 --> 00:36:07,333 Hi, Fred. 641 00:36:07,416 --> 00:36:09,043 And Wilma. 642 00:36:10,711 --> 00:36:12,171 Good morning, Wilma. 643 00:36:12,505 --> 00:36:14,090 You're beautiful. 644 00:36:14,257 --> 00:36:16,509 And this is Bamm-Bamm. 645 00:36:19,512 --> 00:36:21,347 Hi, Bamm-Bamm. 646 00:36:22,932 --> 00:36:26,811 Wait, isn't Pebbles Fred and Wilma's kid? 647 00:36:26,894 --> 00:36:29,897 Yeah, but Pebbles was also a girl. So... 648 00:36:31,023 --> 00:36:32,525 He looks hurt. 649 00:36:34,110 --> 00:36:35,570 They've been taking a beating out here. 650 00:36:39,949 --> 00:36:41,409 Be careful! 651 00:36:42,118 --> 00:36:43,160 Rachel... 652 00:36:45,288 --> 00:36:47,123 Rachel... Rachel! 653 00:36:47,206 --> 00:36:49,083 These guys have volunteered to be out here 654 00:36:49,208 --> 00:36:50,668 in conditions that no one else would survive, 655 00:36:50,751 --> 00:36:52,545 so just go easy. 656 00:36:53,045 --> 00:36:54,797 Malik, you remember Rachel Kramer. 657 00:36:54,881 --> 00:36:56,132 Greenpeace. 658 00:36:56,215 --> 00:36:57,425 Mmm-hmm. 659 00:37:01,596 --> 00:37:03,139 How's it going? 660 00:37:03,222 --> 00:37:05,641 They seem to be used to the sound of the saw, 661 00:37:05,725 --> 00:37:09,812 but the little one is having trouble navigating now. 662 00:37:09,896 --> 00:37:11,647 Sometimes hitting the side. 663 00:37:12,899 --> 00:37:14,984 Well, has anyone been down there yet? 664 00:37:15,067 --> 00:37:16,903 No, and no one is going to go down there. 665 00:37:16,986 --> 00:37:18,029 Why not? 666 00:37:18,112 --> 00:37:21,157 Because grays can take out 10,000-pound killer whales 667 00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:23,576 with one swipe of their fluke if they feel threatened. 668 00:37:23,659 --> 00:37:24,744 It would be suicide. 669 00:37:34,837 --> 00:37:37,840 Well, Pat, we have a big, big problem. 670 00:37:51,103 --> 00:37:54,190 Stretching for miles and dropping like a wall 671 00:37:54,273 --> 00:37:57,443 straight to the bottom of the ocean, this massive ice 672 00:37:57,693 --> 00:38:01,113 blocks any path the whales might take to freedom. 673 00:38:02,281 --> 00:38:04,784 An ice-blasting hover barge is on the way, 674 00:38:04,867 --> 00:38:07,411 but who knows if it will get here in time 675 00:38:07,495 --> 00:38:11,207 as this icy barrier, known as a pressure ridge, 676 00:38:11,290 --> 00:38:12,750 thickens by the hour. 677 00:38:14,043 --> 00:38:15,795 Anticipating its arrival, 678 00:38:15,878 --> 00:38:19,674 Eskimo scouting teams are anxiously looking for a weak spot 679 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:24,136 along this seemingly impenetrable wall of ice. 680 00:38:26,347 --> 00:38:27,807 Kelly Meyers. 681 00:38:29,475 --> 00:38:31,310 Yes. I'll be right in. 682 00:38:32,645 --> 00:38:34,897 Your whale story is just reminding voters 683 00:38:34,981 --> 00:38:37,233 that we've got a lousy environmental record. 684 00:38:37,316 --> 00:38:40,152 It's killing the Vice President on the campaign trail. 685 00:38:40,236 --> 00:38:42,697 Then helping these whales might be our last best chance 686 00:38:42,822 --> 00:38:44,573 to change that perception around. 687 00:38:44,657 --> 00:38:47,910 My job is to help the VP get elected 688 00:38:48,077 --> 00:38:52,540 while buffing our legacy to a mirror shine before we leave office. 689 00:38:52,623 --> 00:38:53,666 Right? 690 00:38:53,749 --> 00:38:55,793 Do you really think that we can get involved in this rescue, 691 00:38:55,876 --> 00:38:57,586 make it a success that we can sell, 692 00:38:57,670 --> 00:39:00,339 and not do anything to embarrass the President? 693 00:39:00,881 --> 00:39:02,925 Yes, I do. 694 00:39:04,176 --> 00:39:06,303 All right, then get to it, Meyers. 695 00:39:06,387 --> 00:39:08,931 Okay. All right. 696 00:39:18,858 --> 00:39:20,151 What? Colonel! 697 00:39:20,234 --> 00:39:21,736 They need you inside! 698 00:39:21,861 --> 00:39:23,112 The White House is on the phone! 699 00:39:24,030 --> 00:39:25,531 Tell them I'll call them back! 700 00:39:25,614 --> 00:39:26,907 Sir? 701 00:39:27,033 --> 00:39:30,244 Kid, I've got two helos about to pull something bigger than my own house 702 00:39:30,369 --> 00:39:33,080 that, if not done correctly, sends me and the other chopper 703 00:39:33,205 --> 00:39:36,083 spiraling to the ground in stereophonic explosions. 704 00:39:36,208 --> 00:39:38,961 Unless that's the President himself, I got bigger fish to fry! 705 00:39:39,045 --> 00:39:41,464 Take a number, I'll call them back! 706 00:39:41,547 --> 00:39:43,299 You ready to do this? 707 00:39:43,382 --> 00:39:46,469 You were kidding about the stereophonic explosion thing, right? 708 00:39:46,552 --> 00:39:49,346 I'd say there's about a 60-40 chance that won't happen. 709 00:39:49,430 --> 00:39:52,058 You want to find out? Time to rock and roll. 710 00:39:52,725 --> 00:39:53,934 It was predicted 711 00:39:54,018 --> 00:39:57,521 the whales would not last more than two days. 712 00:39:57,605 --> 00:40:00,649 The Eskimos have set up a protective triangle 713 00:40:00,733 --> 00:40:02,526 around the trapped whales. 714 00:40:02,610 --> 00:40:05,196 At the ready with their high-powered rifles 715 00:40:05,279 --> 00:40:07,948 in case polar bears decide to get too close. 716 00:40:08,074 --> 00:40:11,160 Today, the rescue continues in earnest, 717 00:40:11,243 --> 00:40:15,081 amidst 20-below temperatures and... 718 00:40:15,831 --> 00:40:18,834 Cut, cut. God, my feet are numb. 719 00:40:19,585 --> 00:40:21,295 These boots are useless. 720 00:40:22,922 --> 00:40:24,381 Hey, kid? Yeah? 721 00:40:24,465 --> 00:40:25,925 You still got that cardboard? 722 00:40:26,342 --> 00:40:27,843 I sold it to that guy. 723 00:40:28,094 --> 00:40:30,012 But I can still get more. 724 00:40:30,096 --> 00:40:31,597 All right. Come here. 725 00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:35,601 It's 40 now. 726 00:40:35,684 --> 00:40:36,727 You're kidding. 727 00:40:37,186 --> 00:40:38,312 Shipping and handling. 728 00:40:38,437 --> 00:40:39,855 Shipping and... 729 00:40:43,776 --> 00:40:45,611 And it's not my first rodeo either. 730 00:40:48,447 --> 00:40:49,740 I made another sale. 731 00:40:49,824 --> 00:40:50,950 Nice one. 732 00:40:51,784 --> 00:40:54,120 All right. Hot coffee. Got to drink quick, though. 733 00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:56,288 Thank you. All right. 734 00:40:59,041 --> 00:41:00,292 What are those guys doing? 735 00:41:13,139 --> 00:41:14,473 Excuse me. 736 00:41:16,350 --> 00:41:17,726 What are you doing? 737 00:41:17,810 --> 00:41:19,395 You're not going down there. You heard Pat. 738 00:41:19,478 --> 00:41:20,521 It's too dangerous. 739 00:41:20,604 --> 00:41:23,440 She's getting in. Follow me. 740 00:41:23,524 --> 00:41:24,900 Rachel... 741 00:41:25,860 --> 00:41:27,903 You don't get a say in what I do anymore. 742 00:41:27,987 --> 00:41:29,196 Oh, that's very mature. 743 00:41:29,488 --> 00:41:31,323 All right. Is she in frame? 744 00:41:31,699 --> 00:41:34,076 I'm just going to... No, I'm not. 745 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:35,202 Great. 746 00:41:36,162 --> 00:41:37,246 What's she doing? 747 00:41:37,329 --> 00:41:38,414 Her job. 748 00:41:38,497 --> 00:41:40,499 I like her makeup. 749 00:41:40,583 --> 00:41:42,334 I'm pretty sure it was tested on animals. 750 00:41:42,418 --> 00:41:44,670 Okay, okay. Will you just stop? 751 00:41:44,753 --> 00:41:46,255 You don't even have a safety diver. 752 00:41:46,338 --> 00:41:48,257 Then I'm only risking my own life. 753 00:41:48,340 --> 00:41:49,592 There's a big surprise. 754 00:41:49,675 --> 00:41:51,177 You don't listen to what anybody else thinks. 755 00:41:51,260 --> 00:41:53,012 You just do whatever you want to do, right? 756 00:41:54,013 --> 00:41:55,055 Yeah. 757 00:41:56,724 --> 00:41:58,559 And you wonder why we're not dating anymore. 758 00:42:01,937 --> 00:42:04,523 Would you just wait a second? 759 00:42:04,607 --> 00:42:06,859 Rachel? Rachel! 760 00:42:07,026 --> 00:42:08,360 Damn it. 761 00:44:26,081 --> 00:44:28,083 I knew something was wrong with Bamm-Bamm. 762 00:44:28,167 --> 00:44:30,586 And I told you not to go in the water. 763 00:44:30,669 --> 00:44:34,423 That was caught around Bamm-Bamm's fluke. 764 00:44:34,506 --> 00:44:36,592 It's probably why Fred and Wilma 765 00:44:36,675 --> 00:44:38,969 had to keep helping it to the surface. 766 00:44:39,219 --> 00:44:41,180 But netting from where? 767 00:44:41,597 --> 00:44:43,515 Could have come in from anywhere. 768 00:44:43,599 --> 00:44:47,353 Those oceans are so polluted, I'm shocked I didn't find an old tire 769 00:44:47,436 --> 00:44:49,605 wrapped around one of its fins. 770 00:44:49,688 --> 00:44:53,442 Maybe cutting him loose will help him bounce back a little. 771 00:44:54,109 --> 00:44:56,695 You're totally welcome, by the way. 772 00:45:05,746 --> 00:45:07,039 That's it. 773 00:45:10,376 --> 00:45:12,711 Damn, this thing's a beast. 774 00:45:17,383 --> 00:45:19,051 Believe me... 775 00:45:19,426 --> 00:45:22,679 No, wait. Hold a second. All right, ready? 776 00:45:22,763 --> 00:45:26,058 Believe me, if the oil were above the ground, 777 00:45:26,141 --> 00:45:29,186 it'd make my life a whole lot easier, but it's not. 778 00:45:29,269 --> 00:45:32,439 But that does not mean we don't care about God's creatures 779 00:45:32,564 --> 00:45:34,900 just as much as anybody. 780 00:45:35,109 --> 00:45:37,152 Yeah, that's good. All right. 781 00:45:37,236 --> 00:45:40,072 Hey, you make sure you get lots of good footage 782 00:45:40,155 --> 00:45:41,824 with me and those big fish. 783 00:45:41,907 --> 00:45:44,868 I just bought us a load of Super Bowl ads. 784 00:45:44,952 --> 00:45:47,704 When the public sees the Alaska Northern logo, 785 00:45:47,788 --> 00:45:51,333 I want them thinking, "Friend of the Environment," all right? 786 00:45:52,126 --> 00:45:53,585 Last chance, cardboard? 787 00:45:53,669 --> 00:45:55,462 No? Have a nice day. 788 00:45:55,587 --> 00:45:56,713 Half price, only $10. 789 00:45:56,797 --> 00:45:57,840 No, I'm okay. 790 00:45:57,923 --> 00:45:58,966 Okay. 791 00:45:59,591 --> 00:46:01,385 You look like you need a... Mmm-mmm. 792 00:46:01,468 --> 00:46:02,761 Okay. 793 00:46:07,975 --> 00:46:10,018 I only sold a couple of pieces, Grandpa. 794 00:46:10,102 --> 00:46:11,228 And the people are asking for them. 795 00:46:11,311 --> 00:46:12,354 So, what's the big deal? 796 00:46:12,438 --> 00:46:14,690 Come with me for a minute. Okay? 797 00:46:16,817 --> 00:46:17,860 Kneel down, right there. 798 00:46:17,943 --> 00:46:18,986 What? 799 00:46:19,069 --> 00:46:21,447 Kneel down right there. Come on. 800 00:46:21,530 --> 00:46:23,907 Put your ear on the ice. 801 00:46:23,991 --> 00:46:25,367 Come on, listen. 802 00:46:30,956 --> 00:46:32,458 You hear them? 803 00:46:34,001 --> 00:46:36,962 The mother is speaking to the little one. 804 00:46:37,838 --> 00:46:41,842 Her calls are calm, gentle. 805 00:46:42,634 --> 00:46:44,470 Soothing. 806 00:46:47,139 --> 00:46:48,223 Do you hear her? 807 00:46:48,307 --> 00:46:49,349 Mmm-hmm. 808 00:46:52,478 --> 00:46:55,689 What do you think she is trying to tell her baby? 809 00:46:57,816 --> 00:46:59,359 What you said. 810 00:47:05,824 --> 00:47:06,992 Excuse me! 811 00:47:07,159 --> 00:47:10,245 I seem to have lost three whales around here. 812 00:47:10,329 --> 00:47:11,371 Anybody see them? 813 00:47:12,581 --> 00:47:13,624 Anybody? 814 00:47:14,249 --> 00:47:17,336 All right. Let's take a look at these critters. 815 00:47:19,713 --> 00:47:21,507 Hello, down there! 816 00:47:22,508 --> 00:47:24,051 Anybody home? 817 00:47:32,267 --> 00:47:34,186 Did you see that? 818 00:47:34,686 --> 00:47:36,104 Do it again, I dare you! 819 00:47:39,358 --> 00:47:42,861 And the plight of these whales represents so much more 820 00:47:42,945 --> 00:47:45,364 than them being trapped in the ice. 821 00:47:45,781 --> 00:47:49,660 Soon, the water itself is going to be a threat to us all. 822 00:47:49,743 --> 00:47:52,829 In 15 years, the biggest business in the US 823 00:47:52,913 --> 00:47:54,957 is going to be bottled water 824 00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:57,709 because we're not going to want to touch the tap stuff. 825 00:47:57,876 --> 00:47:59,836 And enjoy your fish now 826 00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:02,130 because soon the mercury content 827 00:48:02,214 --> 00:48:04,466 will make it too dangerous to eat. 828 00:48:05,551 --> 00:48:10,556 So, if you want tremors and babies born with terrible... 829 00:48:11,098 --> 00:48:12,140 What? 830 00:48:12,933 --> 00:48:16,395 Congratulations, 10 million people just changed the channel. 831 00:48:17,771 --> 00:48:18,814 Well... 832 00:48:18,897 --> 00:48:19,898 Come on, Rachel. 833 00:48:19,982 --> 00:48:22,985 Nobody on the earth cares more about these whales than you do. 834 00:48:23,068 --> 00:48:26,655 So, tell people about it. You were down there. 835 00:48:26,780 --> 00:48:29,241 What's Bamm-Bamm like? 836 00:48:29,324 --> 00:48:32,995 Or, to be honest, why do we care about whales this much at all? 837 00:48:33,078 --> 00:48:35,831 I mean, what if they were deer or lizards or something? 838 00:48:35,914 --> 00:48:40,335 Because even though they are strong and big, and powerful, 839 00:48:40,419 --> 00:48:42,754 they're vulnerable, too. 840 00:48:42,838 --> 00:48:46,508 And it just makes you wish that you were Superman, 841 00:48:46,633 --> 00:48:50,846 and you could just scoop them up and bring them somewhere safe. 842 00:48:53,265 --> 00:48:54,766 And what's heartbreaking 843 00:48:55,100 --> 00:48:58,520 is they know what's going on. 844 00:48:58,645 --> 00:49:02,357 They know they're in trouble and they're scared. 845 00:49:02,441 --> 00:49:06,653 And we ache for them because they're so much like us. 846 00:49:07,487 --> 00:49:11,700 We get scared and we're vulnerable, 847 00:49:11,783 --> 00:49:14,828 and we need help sometimes, too. 848 00:49:20,667 --> 00:49:21,710 Better? 849 00:49:23,295 --> 00:49:24,504 Much. 850 00:49:26,715 --> 00:49:28,967 Those three California gray whales 851 00:49:29,051 --> 00:49:30,552 trapped in the Arctic ice off Alaska 852 00:49:30,677 --> 00:49:32,346 are no nearer to freedom tonight. 853 00:49:33,472 --> 00:49:34,640 I don't understand. 854 00:49:34,723 --> 00:49:37,392 Can't you just patch me through to the helicopter? 855 00:49:39,227 --> 00:49:43,315 Okay, when he returns, please have him call. 856 00:49:43,815 --> 00:49:45,150 Thank you. 857 00:49:45,651 --> 00:49:47,903 The whales' only real hope of escape 858 00:49:47,986 --> 00:49:51,657 is the unusual hover barge en route from Prudhoe Bay. 859 00:49:51,990 --> 00:49:53,909 The size of a hockey rink, 860 00:49:54,034 --> 00:49:58,580 the barge uses tons of compressed air to push down the ice, 861 00:49:58,664 --> 00:50:00,916 cracking, then demolishing it. 862 00:50:01,041 --> 00:50:05,253 The hover barge is expected to arrive in 48 hours. 863 00:50:05,712 --> 00:50:07,172 Colonel? 864 00:50:08,548 --> 00:50:12,010 These are from the White House. They need a progress report. 865 00:50:14,096 --> 00:50:15,180 Great. 866 00:50:17,557 --> 00:50:20,435 Now all I need is some actual progress to report. 867 00:50:23,522 --> 00:50:24,606 Kelly Meyers. 868 00:50:24,731 --> 00:50:27,442 Yes, ma'am, this is Colonel Scott Boyer of the Alaska National Guard. 869 00:50:27,567 --> 00:50:29,069 I'm told you called a few times. 870 00:50:29,194 --> 00:50:30,445 Yeah, just a few. 871 00:50:30,570 --> 00:50:34,199 Colonel, we'd like to set up a call for you with the President tomorrow. 872 00:50:36,284 --> 00:50:37,536 Yes, ma'am. The President? 873 00:50:37,619 --> 00:50:41,373 It'll take just a couple of minutes. He'll thank you for your work. 874 00:50:41,456 --> 00:50:44,084 He'll reiterate the administration's support, and... 875 00:50:44,251 --> 00:50:45,794 I can't really commit to a time. 876 00:50:47,796 --> 00:50:51,466 You can't find five minutes for the President of the United States? 877 00:50:51,591 --> 00:50:53,385 I'm trying to crack a pretty tough nut up here. 878 00:50:53,468 --> 00:50:57,305 If I can nail down a time, I'll let you know before 0900 Alaska Standard. 879 00:51:00,976 --> 00:51:02,310 Okay. 880 00:51:10,318 --> 00:51:11,319 Colonel Boyer. 881 00:51:11,445 --> 00:51:12,487 Are you always so formal? 882 00:51:13,071 --> 00:51:14,781 Do you know how to speak like a normal person? 883 00:51:15,157 --> 00:51:17,909 Like, when your mother asks you if you liked the cookies that she sent, 884 00:51:17,993 --> 00:51:19,327 do you say "Roger that"? 885 00:51:21,955 --> 00:51:23,832 Damn, no, I'm sorry. I... 886 00:51:23,915 --> 00:51:26,334 It's okay to lighten up a little bit. 887 00:51:26,418 --> 00:51:29,671 Here, why don't we just start over? 888 00:51:29,796 --> 00:51:31,006 Yes, ma 'am. 889 00:51:31,089 --> 00:51:32,674 Hi, I'm Kelly. 890 00:51:34,843 --> 00:51:36,470 Hi, I'm Colonel... 891 00:51:38,305 --> 00:51:39,514 I'm Scott. 892 00:51:41,641 --> 00:51:44,019 And I'm exhausted. 893 00:51:44,311 --> 00:51:47,522 The saga of the three whales trapped by Arctic ice 894 00:51:47,606 --> 00:51:51,151 and the heroic efforts of rescuers to save them grew more desperate today. 895 00:51:51,276 --> 00:51:54,446 The whales are fatigued by their efforts to survive, 896 00:51:54,529 --> 00:51:56,615 and one of them, the baby of the family, 897 00:51:56,698 --> 00:51:58,700 affectionately known as Bamm-Bamm, 898 00:51:58,825 --> 00:52:01,119 may be seriously ill. 899 00:52:02,704 --> 00:52:05,373 You hear that? It's not good. 900 00:52:06,875 --> 00:52:08,835 Sounds like an old man. 901 00:52:09,211 --> 00:52:10,545 Sounds like pneumonia. 902 00:52:15,842 --> 00:52:18,637 Where is that damn barge? 903 00:52:27,312 --> 00:52:29,648 Yes, I'm ready for the call. Patch him through. 904 00:52:29,731 --> 00:52:31,316 Your controls. 905 00:52:31,399 --> 00:52:33,068 My controls. 906 00:52:35,362 --> 00:52:37,405 Yes. Hello, Mr. President. 907 00:52:38,532 --> 00:52:41,159 Yes, sir, it's going very well, sir. Very well. 908 00:52:41,326 --> 00:52:43,411 We're making steady progress. 909 00:52:44,412 --> 00:52:45,539 Thank you, sir. 910 00:52:45,914 --> 00:52:48,500 Just happy to be part of such an important operation, sir. 911 00:52:48,583 --> 00:52:49,918 Yes, sir. 912 00:52:53,171 --> 00:52:55,757 Okay. Goodbye, Mr. President. 913 00:52:58,218 --> 00:53:00,428 I just spoke to President Reagan. 914 00:53:01,012 --> 00:53:05,934 I noticed you didn't mention we've only moved this freaking barge 20 feet. 915 00:53:07,519 --> 00:53:09,271 My controls. 916 00:53:09,354 --> 00:53:11,022 Your controls. 917 00:53:12,357 --> 00:53:13,692 Today the whales' plight 918 00:53:13,775 --> 00:53:16,361 officially became a national affair. 919 00:53:16,444 --> 00:53:17,946 We're very proud of all of you 920 00:53:18,071 --> 00:53:20,282 and what you're doing up there. 921 00:53:20,532 --> 00:53:22,409 Nice job, Meyers. 922 00:53:23,910 --> 00:53:25,954 Meanwhile, the whales' situation 923 00:53:26,079 --> 00:53:28,874 becomes more dire with each passing day. 924 00:53:28,957 --> 00:53:30,750 With weather conditions deteriorating, 925 00:53:31,084 --> 00:53:35,547 a brutal cold front could easily seal their fate in a matter of days. 926 00:53:35,630 --> 00:53:39,467 In Northern Alaska, ice is always the enemy. 927 00:53:40,719 --> 00:53:42,220 It's a great idea. 928 00:53:42,304 --> 00:53:44,472 No, it's not. It's stupid. 929 00:53:44,806 --> 00:53:46,558 Well, the people in Barrow don't think so. 930 00:53:46,641 --> 00:53:47,893 Minneapolis, Minnesota 931 00:53:47,976 --> 00:53:49,978 Oh! You spoke with the people in Barrow, did you? 932 00:53:50,061 --> 00:53:52,063 Yes, I did, and they're waiting for us. 933 00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:54,482 This is ridiculous. 934 00:53:54,608 --> 00:53:56,318 I don't even know why we're having this conversation. 935 00:53:56,401 --> 00:53:58,445 Why shouldn't we go? 936 00:53:59,446 --> 00:54:00,488 Because 937 00:54:00,614 --> 00:54:02,073 we got to pay my father back the money 938 00:54:02,157 --> 00:54:03,658 he loaned us to build these things. 939 00:54:04,326 --> 00:54:08,079 If I take off time from work to go up to Alaska for some whales, 940 00:54:08,163 --> 00:54:09,247 that ain't going to happen! 941 00:54:09,331 --> 00:54:11,499 This whale thing could be the publicity we've been looking for. 942 00:54:11,625 --> 00:54:14,002 You know how well those things worked up at Moose Lake. 943 00:54:14,085 --> 00:54:16,338 They thawed Ed Maura's party boat right out! 944 00:54:18,173 --> 00:54:20,091 Give me a break, all right? That's down here. 945 00:54:20,175 --> 00:54:22,093 It's not up at the North Pole, for Pete's sake. 946 00:54:22,177 --> 00:54:25,180 Ice is ice, Dean. This is our moment. 947 00:54:25,305 --> 00:54:28,600 One day, I'm telling you, there is going to be a plaque right up on that wall 948 00:54:28,683 --> 00:54:31,686 reminding everyone that this was the day we took our shot 949 00:54:31,811 --> 00:54:34,189 and we showed the world what the Hootkin 450 could do! 950 00:54:39,653 --> 00:54:42,489 Hi! Are you the brave men going up to save the whales? 951 00:54:47,035 --> 00:54:49,788 Yes. Yes, we are. 952 00:54:53,541 --> 00:54:55,126 That's not going to be enough. 953 00:54:55,210 --> 00:54:56,461 Yikes. 954 00:54:56,544 --> 00:55:00,131 I really have you up on the ropes, and you come out with "soil." 955 00:55:00,215 --> 00:55:02,300 I have to get back out on the ice. 956 00:55:02,384 --> 00:55:04,886 But first, I'm going to clean your clock. 957 00:55:05,011 --> 00:55:07,222 I got a news flash for you, Cocky McGee. 958 00:55:07,305 --> 00:55:09,641 I've been working on my two-letter words, okay? 959 00:55:09,724 --> 00:55:10,809 I'm dangerous. 960 00:55:11,518 --> 00:55:14,521 Okay, I hate to do it to you, but... 961 00:55:14,729 --> 00:55:15,814 Oof! 962 00:55:16,231 --> 00:55:17,315 "Zipper." 963 00:55:17,399 --> 00:55:20,235 Triple-letter and 38 points. 964 00:55:22,696 --> 00:55:24,739 Oh, man! You got to go. 965 00:55:24,823 --> 00:55:26,241 Okay, hold on. 966 00:55:29,536 --> 00:55:31,037 I got something for you. 967 00:55:31,121 --> 00:55:32,163 What's this? 968 00:55:32,247 --> 00:55:35,250 Guns N' Roses, Sweet Child 0' Mine. Play it for Bamm-Bamm. 969 00:55:35,583 --> 00:55:38,837 It sounds just like his mom, because Axl Rose sings like a whale. 970 00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:40,130 You know how he's like... 971 00:55:42,632 --> 00:55:43,800 It's so high. 972 00:55:44,300 --> 00:55:45,635 That's pretty true to life, actually. 973 00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:47,303 Thank you. 974 00:55:49,764 --> 00:55:52,642 You really care about those whales, don't you? 975 00:55:52,767 --> 00:55:55,437 No, it's my grandfather who worships them. 976 00:55:55,562 --> 00:55:59,107 He has a whole bunch of prayers about them and everything. It's weird. 977 00:55:59,232 --> 00:56:00,650 So, what do you say? 978 00:56:01,067 --> 00:56:04,362 Thirty bucks and I'll lend you the magic of Guns N' Roses for 24 hours. 979 00:56:04,446 --> 00:56:08,366 Okay, Gordon Gekko, we get it. Nice try, though. 980 00:56:08,450 --> 00:56:10,785 Do you know that when you don't show up for your grandmother 981 00:56:10,910 --> 00:56:11,995 I get in trouble? 982 00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:13,496 Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know that, right? 983 00:56:13,663 --> 00:56:15,123 This woman has a knife collection that... 984 00:56:16,332 --> 00:56:17,417 I'll see you guys tomorrow? 985 00:56:17,500 --> 00:56:18,710 Yeah, see you tomorrow. 986 00:56:18,793 --> 00:56:19,961 Okay, bye. 987 00:56:20,086 --> 00:56:21,463 He really looks up to you. 988 00:56:22,297 --> 00:56:23,798 Are you surprised? 989 00:56:25,175 --> 00:56:27,469 He just needed a friend, I think. 990 00:56:28,178 --> 00:56:29,596 Plus, he's pretty cool. 991 00:56:30,138 --> 00:56:34,267 And I'm pretty cool, so maybe I just needed a friend. 992 00:56:35,351 --> 00:56:37,312 You shouldn't let them take advantage of you. 993 00:56:37,687 --> 00:56:38,813 Who's that? 994 00:56:38,938 --> 00:56:40,982 The reporters you're sucking up to. 995 00:56:42,192 --> 00:56:44,986 Well, I'm not... Not sucking up. 996 00:56:47,322 --> 00:56:48,364 Hey, you know what? 997 00:56:48,490 --> 00:56:50,742 I'm not one of your endangered critters that needs saving. 998 00:56:50,825 --> 00:56:52,452 So, thanks, anyway. 999 00:56:52,535 --> 00:56:54,704 I'm sorry, I didn't mean... 1000 00:56:54,829 --> 00:56:57,665 The temperature is dropping so fast out there. 1001 00:56:59,334 --> 00:57:00,335 You know what? 1002 00:57:00,460 --> 00:57:04,881 My head just isn't in this, and I should get back onto the ice. 1003 00:57:05,006 --> 00:57:07,926 I thought you said everything was taken care of! 1004 00:57:08,009 --> 00:57:11,805 How was I supposed to know there is only one place in this town to stay? 1005 00:57:11,888 --> 00:57:15,475 I don't know, Karl, maybe pick up a phone and call ahead, huh? 1006 00:57:19,521 --> 00:57:21,731 The Greenpeace lady from the TV! 1007 00:57:21,856 --> 00:57:23,775 Come on, grab your stuff there, Dean-0. 1008 00:57:23,858 --> 00:57:25,944 You'll see everything's going to be okay. Come on! 1009 00:57:26,027 --> 00:57:28,655 All right, hold on, now. Wait for me! 1010 00:57:28,738 --> 00:57:29,989 Hey, lady! 1011 00:57:30,073 --> 00:57:31,282 Hey! 1012 00:57:31,366 --> 00:57:34,452 Hey, miss! Greenpeace lady, miss! 1013 00:57:34,536 --> 00:57:36,955 Wait, please, miss. 1014 00:57:37,038 --> 00:57:38,915 I'm Karl. This is my brother-in-law, Dean. 1015 00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:43,169 We're up from the Twin Cities and we brought the amazing De-lcers! 1016 00:57:43,753 --> 00:57:44,796 What? 1017 00:57:44,879 --> 00:57:47,298 It keeps the ice off your boat when it's in dock. 1018 00:57:47,382 --> 00:57:49,134 So, we figured you could 1019 00:57:49,217 --> 00:57:51,052 use them to keep those whale holes from freezing over. 1020 00:57:51,136 --> 00:57:53,138 Yeah, you just give us the word and we'll head out to the whales. 1021 00:57:53,221 --> 00:57:54,305 You bet. 1022 00:57:54,389 --> 00:57:57,225 Look, I'm sure that you think your idea can help. 1023 00:57:57,308 --> 00:57:59,477 By now, we've heard everything, 1024 00:57:59,561 --> 00:58:01,646 but we've got it under control. 1025 00:58:02,147 --> 00:58:03,481 Hold on a second, lady! 1026 00:58:05,483 --> 00:58:07,652 So, you didn't know we were coming? 1027 00:58:08,570 --> 00:58:10,155 Sorry, no. 1028 00:58:14,409 --> 00:58:16,327 Oh, my God. 1029 00:58:35,722 --> 00:58:36,931 Malikl 1030 00:58:40,768 --> 00:58:42,437 You need to see this! 1031 00:58:45,940 --> 00:58:47,525 Festive. 1032 00:58:51,112 --> 00:58:52,530 No, no,no. 1033 00:58:52,614 --> 00:58:55,909 I am doing a really good job and I'm not leaving 1034 00:58:56,034 --> 00:58:59,120 just because now this is a lead story, and you want it! 1035 00:58:59,245 --> 00:59:01,206 You want to play in the big leagues, Jill? 1036 00:59:01,289 --> 00:59:03,124 Sometimes you have to sit on the bench, 1037 00:59:03,249 --> 00:59:05,710 and let the heavy hitters bring it on home. 1038 00:59:05,793 --> 00:59:07,629 There's a ticket waiting for you at the airport. 1039 00:59:07,879 --> 00:59:09,923 I'll be keeping your cameraman with me. 1040 00:59:12,926 --> 00:59:15,553 Good luck with your "cat in a tree," Wes! 1041 00:59:22,644 --> 00:59:23,645 Are you Mexican? 1042 00:59:23,770 --> 00:59:25,563 Only at work. 1043 00:59:26,564 --> 00:59:27,607 Son of a... 1044 00:59:27,732 --> 00:59:30,109 I hope you fall into the whale hole, you jackass. 1045 00:59:30,235 --> 00:59:31,778 Pat, I'm just headed back now. 1046 00:59:31,903 --> 00:59:33,821 I needed to see if you needed anything from town. 1047 00:59:33,947 --> 00:59:34,989 Over. 1048 00:59:35,073 --> 00:59:37,951 No. We are in big trouble out here, Rach. 1049 00:59:38,952 --> 00:59:41,746 The temperature has dropped through the floor. 1050 00:59:41,829 --> 00:59:44,082 The guys can't keep the hole open. 1051 00:59:44,749 --> 00:59:48,586 We can't keep up with the ice. I think this is it. 1052 00:59:48,753 --> 00:59:49,837 What? 1053 00:59:50,421 --> 00:59:51,965 You going to eat that ja-lapeno? 1054 00:59:53,341 --> 00:59:54,509 It's "jalapeño." 1055 00:59:54,634 --> 00:59:56,344 You don't pronounce the 1056 00:59:56,427 --> 00:59:57,845 Are you going to eat it? 1057 00:59:57,929 --> 00:59:59,264 Why can't you admit that you're a jerk? 1058 00:59:59,347 --> 01:00:00,848 I'm a jerk? Why? 1059 01:00:00,932 --> 01:00:02,016 Because! 1060 01:00:03,685 --> 01:00:04,769 Hey. 1061 01:00:05,687 --> 01:00:07,939 Do those things that you brought here really work? 1062 01:00:08,022 --> 01:00:09,023 Yeah. 1063 01:00:09,148 --> 01:00:11,192 The Hootkin 450 will turn a hockey rink into a swimming pool 1064 01:00:11,276 --> 01:00:13,194 faster than you can say "Minnesota North Stars!" 1065 01:00:13,278 --> 01:00:14,696 Says so right on the box. 1066 01:00:15,780 --> 01:00:17,991 Well, you guys better not be lying. 1067 01:00:49,355 --> 01:00:50,815 Come on! 1068 01:00:55,862 --> 01:00:56,988 Hi. 1069 01:01:05,747 --> 01:01:06,914 That's it? 1070 01:01:09,167 --> 01:01:11,002 That's our Hail Mary? 1071 01:01:12,754 --> 01:01:16,090 It's a table fan and a box top! 1072 01:01:16,174 --> 01:01:17,592 This table fan is your... 1073 01:01:19,552 --> 01:01:22,722 Jeez, look at that. Look at that whale. 1074 01:01:25,058 --> 01:01:27,518 Don't worry about it, okay? These things are going to work great! 1075 01:01:30,521 --> 01:01:32,065 I hope. 1076 01:01:35,193 --> 01:01:36,235 It's frozen. 1077 01:01:38,279 --> 01:01:42,867 Thirty seconds on the ice and it's already seized up! 1078 01:01:48,581 --> 01:01:51,793 It's not a big deal. There are plenty of great stories in LA. 1079 01:01:51,918 --> 01:01:54,045 We don't do great stories! 1080 01:01:54,212 --> 01:01:55,380 No one does. 1081 01:01:55,463 --> 01:01:58,132 And no one would watch them even if we did. 1082 01:01:58,216 --> 01:02:03,096 Do you know that there are at least 30 wars going on 1083 01:02:03,221 --> 01:02:04,764 around the world, as we speak? 1084 01:02:04,889 --> 01:02:06,307 Yeah. Of course you don't. 1085 01:02:06,391 --> 01:02:08,393 Because there are no reporters there to tell you about them 1086 01:02:08,476 --> 01:02:12,230 because they're all here covering three stupid whales! 1087 01:02:15,149 --> 01:02:16,984 Look at what they've done to me. 1088 01:02:17,068 --> 01:02:21,114 I'm just a smelly, drunk, 1089 01:02:22,281 --> 01:02:26,327 depressed Barbie. 1090 01:02:26,452 --> 01:02:28,329 No, no, of course not. You... 1091 01:02:28,454 --> 01:02:29,497 Do you know what? 1092 01:02:29,789 --> 01:02:31,749 Maybe this is my wake-up call. 1093 01:02:31,833 --> 01:02:32,917 Okay. 1094 01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:36,838 If this is what reporting is all about, 1095 01:02:36,963 --> 01:02:39,507 I don't want any part of it. 1096 01:02:39,924 --> 01:02:41,300 What would you do? 1097 01:02:43,302 --> 01:02:45,930 I don't know. Maybe be a teacher. 1098 01:02:46,764 --> 01:02:49,809 Adam, it's Rachel. Come in. 1099 01:02:49,976 --> 01:02:51,352 Hey, Rachel, can you give me a second? 1100 01:02:51,477 --> 01:02:52,854 I'm kind of in the middle of something. 1101 01:02:52,937 --> 01:02:55,690 Adam, we need a generator! 1102 01:02:55,773 --> 01:02:58,359 There's got to be one at your station. 1103 01:02:58,443 --> 01:03:01,863 If we don't get it in the next few minutes, the whales are dead. 1104 01:03:01,946 --> 01:03:03,865 Now, start it up inside 1105 01:03:04,282 --> 01:03:07,201 and keep it running until you get to the SAR hangar. 1106 01:03:07,285 --> 01:03:08,703 Adam, do you roger that? 1107 01:03:08,786 --> 01:03:10,455 Yeah, I got it. 1108 01:03:10,538 --> 01:03:12,373 I'm just saying, grab a camera and some equipment 1109 01:03:12,457 --> 01:03:13,541 while you're in there. 1110 01:03:13,624 --> 01:03:15,460 It'll take two seconds. I need you to be my cameraman. 1111 01:03:15,543 --> 01:03:17,044 Jill, this is about the whales. 1112 01:03:17,128 --> 01:03:18,546 And, by the way, what happened to your wake-up call? 1113 01:03:18,629 --> 01:03:20,715 Five minutes ago, you were going to be a school teacher. 1114 01:03:20,798 --> 01:03:22,967 Since things have slowed with the rescue... 1115 01:03:23,050 --> 01:03:24,385 You're no different than I am. 1116 01:03:24,510 --> 01:03:26,721 You want to move up just as badly. 1117 01:03:26,804 --> 01:03:28,556 This story is our chance, Adam. 1118 01:03:28,639 --> 01:03:32,560 It fell into your lap, but it landed you on national television! 1119 01:03:32,643 --> 01:03:34,896 What's happening out there on the ice right now, Adam, 1120 01:03:34,979 --> 01:03:36,147 that's our story. 1121 01:03:36,230 --> 01:03:37,982 No, it's everyone's story. 1122 01:03:38,065 --> 01:03:41,736 Do you think that if they had the scoop, they would give it to you? 1123 01:03:41,819 --> 01:03:44,572 We are being handed the ticket to where we both want to go. 1124 01:03:44,697 --> 01:03:46,741 Don't throw it away. 1125 01:03:48,868 --> 01:03:51,329 The people will spend the next two months in total darkness. 1126 01:03:51,412 --> 01:03:53,581 What happened? What the hell? 1127 01:04:00,254 --> 01:04:01,422 Okay. 1128 01:04:03,925 --> 01:04:07,929 No way! There's about a million FAA regs against that. 1129 01:04:08,012 --> 01:04:09,263 Shut it off, or we don't go. 1130 01:04:09,388 --> 01:04:11,265 It'll freeze. This is the only way. 1131 01:04:11,390 --> 01:04:14,602 Pat! We'll all be unconscious in five minutes. 1132 01:04:14,727 --> 01:04:16,187 That's not what you want from your pilot. 1133 01:04:18,272 --> 01:04:22,902 What if we just leave all the doors open and let all the air out? 1134 01:04:23,402 --> 01:04:24,779 You're joking, right? 1135 01:04:28,866 --> 01:04:29,909 Fine! 1136 01:04:32,078 --> 01:04:35,540 But there's a pretty good chance we're going to freeze to death. 1137 01:04:55,893 --> 01:04:58,062 Seventy below? That can't be right. 1138 01:04:59,897 --> 01:05:00,982 Feels pretty right. 1139 01:05:01,107 --> 01:05:02,650 But wait, if we're going 100 knots, 1140 01:05:02,733 --> 01:05:04,652 then that makes our wind chill at about... 1141 01:05:10,491 --> 01:05:11,742 Are you all right? 1142 01:05:11,826 --> 01:05:15,329 Are you okay? Are you all right? 1143 01:05:18,082 --> 01:05:20,084 My eye is frozen shut! 1144 01:05:20,418 --> 01:05:22,086 What? I can't see out of my eye! 1145 01:05:22,253 --> 01:05:23,921 What do I do? 1146 01:05:24,005 --> 01:05:27,341 I have a pocket knife. I could cut it open, like in Rocky. 1147 01:05:27,466 --> 01:05:28,926 No! No cutting or ripping! 1148 01:05:29,302 --> 01:05:31,262 Okay, okay, okay- 1149 01:05:32,430 --> 01:05:36,517 Okay, you know what? Just keep her steady. 1150 01:05:37,018 --> 01:05:38,352 What are you doing? 1151 01:05:40,354 --> 01:05:41,439 I'm going to lick your eye! 1152 01:05:41,981 --> 01:05:43,858 Nobody's licking my eye! 1153 01:05:43,983 --> 01:05:45,026 Listen to me! No! 1154 01:05:45,151 --> 01:05:46,193 Stay calm! No! 1155 01:05:46,277 --> 01:05:48,613 You're not going to lick my eye! 1156 01:06:04,378 --> 01:06:05,630 Yeah? Yeah. 1157 01:06:05,713 --> 01:06:06,797 Yeah? Yeah! 1158 01:06:06,881 --> 01:06:08,174 All right! 1159 01:06:08,549 --> 01:06:10,301 Now whatever you do, you don't blink! 1160 01:06:10,551 --> 01:06:11,886 Yeah! 1161 01:06:13,846 --> 01:06:15,640 That got a little weird! 1162 01:06:15,723 --> 01:06:16,849 Whoo! 1163 01:06:21,729 --> 01:06:24,148 Oh, God. 1164 01:06:24,231 --> 01:06:25,691 YOU got it? 1165 01:06:28,194 --> 01:06:30,571 Let's go to the other side of the ice. 1166 01:06:30,696 --> 01:06:32,740 Get the shot looking back. 1167 01:06:33,866 --> 01:06:35,034 Right here. 1168 01:06:36,827 --> 01:06:38,663 In three, two... 1169 01:06:38,746 --> 01:06:39,872 Okay. 1170 01:06:40,706 --> 01:06:45,753 The temperature, minus 50. The situation, critical. 1171 01:06:45,878 --> 01:06:49,757 The three mighty leviathans, a family on the brink. 1172 01:06:49,882 --> 01:06:52,760 With ice, aggressive and merciless, 1173 01:06:52,885 --> 01:06:56,931 easily outpacing the heroic rescuers struggling to clear it, 1174 01:06:57,056 --> 01:07:00,893 their only hope now, one last ditch effort 1175 01:07:01,018 --> 01:07:03,604 by two mystery men from Minnesota 1176 01:07:03,729 --> 01:07:05,898 and their homemade de-icing machines. 1177 01:07:08,025 --> 01:07:09,026 You ready? 1178 01:07:09,110 --> 01:07:10,194 Yeah! 1179 01:07:11,028 --> 01:07:14,573 It's safe, right? They're not going to get electrocuted? 1180 01:07:15,282 --> 01:07:16,409 Good question. 1181 01:07:17,743 --> 01:07:18,786 Okay. 1182 01:07:18,953 --> 01:07:20,538 Yeah. 1183 01:07:53,946 --> 01:07:55,322 Is this going to work? 1184 01:07:55,781 --> 01:07:57,783 Hell if I know, Rachel. 1185 01:08:01,412 --> 01:08:03,080 I'll take the Breakfast Burrito. 1186 01:08:03,164 --> 01:08:06,083 All right. That will come with a side of reindeer sausage. 1187 01:08:06,167 --> 01:08:07,251 Mine won't. 1188 01:08:07,334 --> 01:08:08,419 Okay. 1189 01:08:08,502 --> 01:08:11,005 From panicked to playful. 1190 01:08:11,130 --> 01:08:14,467 The hum of motors inside these strange boxes 1191 01:08:14,800 --> 01:08:16,677 is the sound of salvation. 1192 01:08:16,802 --> 01:08:18,679 For, in dramatic fashion, 1193 01:08:18,804 --> 01:08:21,599 these odd machines have turned what might have been 1194 01:08:21,682 --> 01:08:25,978 a dark, watery Arctic grave into a bubbling Jacuzzi. 1195 01:08:26,270 --> 01:08:28,355 How the hell did they get that story? 1196 01:08:28,481 --> 01:08:32,651 This is Jill Jerard with Adam Carlson, Barrow, Alaska. 1197 01:08:33,319 --> 01:08:37,865 Well, I was just doing my job, but I'm glad that you enjoyed it, Ed. 1198 01:08:39,784 --> 01:08:41,786 Peter Jennings said that? 1199 01:08:42,995 --> 01:08:44,038 It's going national. 1200 01:08:45,206 --> 01:08:46,290 Yes, sir. 1201 01:08:46,373 --> 01:08:48,709 He is. He's right here. 1202 01:08:50,336 --> 01:08:51,670 My producer wants to talk to you. 1203 01:08:56,217 --> 01:08:57,718 Adam Carlson. 1204 01:08:58,344 --> 01:08:59,887 Thank you, sir. 1205 01:09:01,138 --> 01:09:02,515 Well, we were... 1206 01:09:03,182 --> 01:09:05,976 I've actually been in Alaska for four years, now. 1207 01:09:06,060 --> 01:09:07,520 Before that, I... 1208 01:09:09,230 --> 01:09:10,397 Yes. 1209 01:09:10,523 --> 01:09:12,691 I would absolutely love to send you my reel. 1210 01:09:13,067 --> 01:09:14,401 Thank you, sir. 1211 01:09:14,860 --> 01:09:16,028 Yeah. 1212 01:09:16,862 --> 01:09:18,322 Thank“. 1213 01:09:19,824 --> 01:09:20,908 Oh, my God. 1214 01:09:20,991 --> 01:09:22,409 We make a pretty good team. 1215 01:09:22,660 --> 01:09:25,079 I think we do. I think we do. 1216 01:09:25,538 --> 01:09:28,749 My absolute favorite whale is the mommy, Wilma, 1217 01:09:28,874 --> 01:09:33,087 because she's a gentle mommy that loves and cares for her cute little baby. 1218 01:09:33,212 --> 01:09:35,756 And that must mean she has a big heart. 1219 01:09:36,382 --> 01:09:38,092 She also has big lungs. 1220 01:09:38,217 --> 01:09:40,928 I mean, look how long she can stay underwater. 1221 01:09:41,011 --> 01:09:42,888 And she's huge! 1222 01:09:43,347 --> 01:09:45,599 I hope they make it to freedom. 1223 01:09:45,724 --> 01:09:46,934 Thank you, Shayna, 1224 01:09:47,059 --> 01:09:49,854 for the seventh report about the whales today. 1225 01:09:49,937 --> 01:09:52,439 Who would like to talk about something else? 1226 01:09:55,276 --> 01:09:56,360 All right. 1227 01:09:56,443 --> 01:09:58,445 Who wants to do the next report on the whales? 1228 01:10:00,239 --> 01:10:03,409 Who will win in Alaska, the ice or the whales? 1229 01:10:03,742 --> 01:10:05,452 Experts now fear for Bamm-Bamm... 1230 01:10:05,578 --> 01:10:07,788 You have a phone call, Mr. McGraw. 1231 01:10:07,913 --> 01:10:09,123 Here we go. 1232 01:10:09,248 --> 01:10:10,708 Thank you. 1233 01:10:14,545 --> 01:10:15,629 Hey. 1234 01:10:19,758 --> 01:10:20,885 McGraw. 1235 01:10:21,719 --> 01:10:23,554 Hello, Colonel. How are you doing? 1236 01:10:23,637 --> 01:10:26,223 We're all waiting for you up here. 1237 01:10:28,642 --> 01:10:30,102 It what? 1238 01:10:35,733 --> 01:10:37,151 We have just received news 1239 01:10:37,276 --> 01:10:39,904 that the hover barge will not be arriving in Barrow. 1240 01:10:39,987 --> 01:10:41,655 Not now, not ever. 1241 01:10:41,739 --> 01:10:44,658 The massive craft careened into an Arctic pothole, 1242 01:10:44,783 --> 01:10:46,911 even bigger than the barge itself, 1243 01:10:46,994 --> 01:10:50,497 nearly causing a midair collision between the two sky cranes 1244 01:10:50,623 --> 01:10:51,832 tasked with pulling it 1245 01:10:51,957 --> 01:10:53,417 Colonel, why didn't you tell the President 1246 01:10:53,500 --> 01:10:56,003 how badly the rescue was going when he called? 1247 01:10:56,086 --> 01:10:57,838 Did you deliberately mislead your Commander in Chief? 1248 01:10:57,963 --> 01:10:59,840 Ma'am, we took on a monumental challenge 1249 01:10:59,965 --> 01:11:01,425 in a difficult work environment. 1250 01:11:01,508 --> 01:11:03,177 Our immediate goal was the delivery of the barge 1251 01:11:03,260 --> 01:11:05,012 and now it's obvious that we lost that battle. 1252 01:11:05,137 --> 01:11:06,847 But there's still a mission to complete. 1253 01:11:06,931 --> 01:11:10,351 The National Guard isn't going to stop fighting until those whales are free. 1254 01:11:10,476 --> 01:11:11,602 Thank you. 1255 01:11:14,813 --> 01:11:17,024 We all tried our hardest. I'm proud of you guys. 1256 01:11:17,149 --> 01:11:18,776 I want you to clear out. 1257 01:11:18,859 --> 01:11:21,320 Go find yourself some chow. Thank you, gentlemen. 1258 01:11:25,449 --> 01:11:27,534 Those guys set me up. 1259 01:11:28,202 --> 01:11:29,495 This is the worst day of my life! 1260 01:11:31,372 --> 01:11:33,874 You know, they can take that out of your pay. 1261 01:11:37,044 --> 01:11:38,045 Kelly? 1262 01:11:39,838 --> 01:11:42,549 I was in the neighborhood. 1263 01:11:45,636 --> 01:11:46,887 If I'd known you were this pretty, 1264 01:11:47,012 --> 01:11:50,849 I would have returned that first phone call of yours right away. 1265 01:11:56,188 --> 01:12:01,068 So, does my Commander in Chief have a Plan B, by any chance? 1266 01:12:03,070 --> 01:12:06,740 I was hoping you'd have one for us. 1267 01:12:07,866 --> 01:12:10,244 We need to make a path out to the open water. 1268 01:12:10,369 --> 01:12:12,746 Otherwise, the whales will die here waiting. 1269 01:12:12,871 --> 01:12:15,332 Let's start cutting holes every 60 feet. 1270 01:12:15,416 --> 01:12:18,085 But what makes you think they're going to follow our path? 1271 01:12:18,168 --> 01:12:20,838 We have no choice but to try. 1272 01:12:40,566 --> 01:12:44,445 The struggle to save three gray whales took an unexpected turn 1273 01:12:44,570 --> 01:12:47,197 as local Eskimos began the daunting task 1274 01:12:47,281 --> 01:12:51,201 of cutting a path of breathing holes, five miles long. 1275 01:12:51,368 --> 01:12:54,872 Their hope, to lure the whales to open water. 1276 01:12:54,955 --> 01:12:57,624 There appears to be no other option for the trapped whales 1277 01:12:57,750 --> 01:13:01,920 and to many, the Eskimos' audacious plan seems insane. 1278 01:13:02,046 --> 01:13:05,382 But with a few chainsaws and a prayer, 1279 01:13:05,466 --> 01:13:10,054 hopefully, these three unfortunate giants will be free again soon. 1280 01:13:10,137 --> 01:13:12,473 Mr. President, I was assured by Alaska Northern 1281 01:13:12,598 --> 01:13:14,308 that the barge was a viable option. 1282 01:13:14,433 --> 01:13:16,894 We're doing all we can to minimize your exposure on this thing. 1283 01:13:16,977 --> 01:13:18,062 Uh-huh. 1284 01:13:18,145 --> 01:13:21,315 Sir, the press has been all over us about some Soviet icebreaker. 1285 01:13:21,440 --> 01:13:22,483 We told them it's a no-go. 1286 01:13:22,608 --> 01:13:24,485 No, maybe we should consider it. 1287 01:13:24,610 --> 01:13:27,821 Gorbachev's been telling us to trust him on this glasnost thing. 1288 01:13:27,946 --> 01:13:29,323 This might be a good first step. 1289 01:13:29,406 --> 01:13:30,991 Well, I like Mr. Gorbachev 1290 01:13:31,116 --> 01:13:33,994 but I am not ready to play the trust card. 1291 01:13:34,119 --> 01:13:35,329 Not for this. 1292 01:13:35,454 --> 01:13:38,415 Gentlemen, if you'll excuse me, please. 1293 01:13:39,291 --> 01:13:40,667 Ladies and gentlemen, 1294 01:13:40,793 --> 01:13:43,337 the President of the United States. 1295 01:13:47,132 --> 01:13:50,803 USSR Admiral Arsenyev, Bering Sea 1296 01:13:51,678 --> 01:13:54,765 The only available icebreaker within navigable distance 1297 01:13:54,848 --> 01:13:56,433 belongs to the Soviets. 1298 01:13:56,517 --> 01:13:58,936 The Presidential candidates are weighing an opinion. 1299 01:13:59,019 --> 01:14:01,105 The Dukakis camp is giving indications that this is a perfect... 1300 01:14:02,314 --> 01:14:04,358 How much you want to bet they'll call? 1301 01:14:04,691 --> 01:14:05,692 How much? 1302 01:14:06,443 --> 01:14:07,528 Fifty rubles. 1303 01:14:07,861 --> 01:14:08,862 A hundred... 1304 01:14:09,363 --> 01:14:10,697 ...and bubble gum. 1305 01:14:12,199 --> 01:14:13,200 Bubble gum it is. 1306 01:14:27,214 --> 01:14:28,382 Why aren't they moving? 1307 01:14:33,220 --> 01:14:36,723 They can't leave until the baby's better. 1308 01:14:50,320 --> 01:14:52,823 The US Government is not going to let 1309 01:14:52,906 --> 01:14:55,325 a Russian icebreaker come and save the day. 1310 01:14:55,409 --> 01:14:56,493 Neither am I. 1311 01:14:56,577 --> 01:14:58,078 Who knows if they would even come? 1312 01:14:58,912 --> 01:15:02,332 Please, they'd all come for the same reasons that you're doing this. 1313 01:15:02,416 --> 01:15:03,750 Good PR. 1314 01:15:03,834 --> 01:15:06,670 Excuse me, young lady, but this is no PR stunt. 1315 01:15:06,753 --> 01:15:10,340 I'm in for $2 million for gas and equipment. 1316 01:15:10,424 --> 01:15:13,051 And I care about those whales, just as much as you do. 1317 01:15:14,094 --> 01:15:15,429 Maybe even more so. 1318 01:15:16,430 --> 01:15:18,015 What the hell is that supposed to mean? 1319 01:15:18,098 --> 01:15:20,184 It means that J.W. is spending his money, 1320 01:15:20,267 --> 01:15:21,518 while you're making it hand over fist. 1321 01:15:21,602 --> 01:15:23,103 Yeah, thank you. Thank you. 1322 01:15:23,604 --> 01:15:25,772 Don't act like you're not piling up on the donations. 1323 01:15:25,898 --> 01:15:28,525 Well, we're going to need every penny 1324 01:15:28,609 --> 01:15:30,027 to fight what you and your boss 1325 01:15:30,110 --> 01:15:32,863 have done to the environment over the last eight years. 1326 01:15:32,946 --> 01:15:34,448 Excuse me, I couldn't hear you 1327 01:15:34,573 --> 01:15:38,202 over the sound of the booming economy and massive job creation. 1328 01:15:38,285 --> 01:15:39,912 At the expense of everything else. 1329 01:15:40,287 --> 01:15:41,455 Okay. All right. 1330 01:15:41,622 --> 01:15:42,956 And that's why you're here, right? 1331 01:15:43,081 --> 01:15:44,958 To erase the embarrassing parts 1332 01:15:45,083 --> 01:15:48,712 of your record that's not playing out too well on the campaign trail. 1333 01:15:48,795 --> 01:15:53,050 No, she's here to represent the President of the United States 1334 01:15:53,133 --> 01:15:54,134 and so am I. 1335 01:15:54,259 --> 01:15:57,888 And if Washington puts a little extra funding in your budget as a thank you... 1336 01:15:57,971 --> 01:16:00,474 I'd be careful if I were you, miss. 1337 01:16:01,308 --> 01:16:04,978 Guys? Guys, the whales. Let's get back to the whales. 1338 01:16:07,147 --> 01:16:08,899 That's why we're here. 1339 01:16:08,982 --> 01:16:11,568 It sounds like the only viable option is to call in the Soviets. 1340 01:16:11,652 --> 01:16:12,736 No. No, it's not! 1341 01:16:12,819 --> 01:16:15,572 I cannot recommend that to the President. 1342 01:16:15,656 --> 01:16:16,740 It's not going to work. 1343 01:16:16,823 --> 01:16:19,493 You think I like calling the Soviets? 1344 01:16:19,618 --> 01:16:22,663 They're some of the worst whalers in the world. 1345 01:16:22,996 --> 01:16:24,164 And now they're going to come in here 1346 01:16:24,289 --> 01:16:26,083 and look like environmental heroes. 1347 01:16:26,166 --> 01:16:28,585 But, as much as we hate it, 1348 01:16:28,669 --> 01:16:31,004 Greenpeace is willing to shut our mouths and let them. 1349 01:16:31,129 --> 01:16:32,172 Well, I'm not. 1350 01:16:32,256 --> 01:16:35,425 I'll be damned if I'm going to let those Reds come in here and save the day. 1351 01:16:35,509 --> 01:16:36,593 It's not going to happen! 1352 01:16:36,677 --> 01:16:38,136 That's right. 1353 01:16:38,512 --> 01:16:40,472 Then those whales are going to die. 1354 01:16:41,848 --> 01:16:44,268 Right there in front of the cameras. 1355 01:16:44,351 --> 01:16:46,937 And when the weeping schoolchildren 1356 01:16:47,020 --> 01:16:51,358 and the heartsick men and women of this country look for someone to blame... 1357 01:16:51,483 --> 01:16:54,820 And they always do, right? 1358 01:16:55,195 --> 01:16:58,532 They're going to ask the nice, trustworthy lady at Greenpeace. 1359 01:17:02,494 --> 01:17:04,037 And I'm going to tell them that 1360 01:17:04,121 --> 01:17:06,039 Ronald Reagan killed those whales. 1361 01:17:06,999 --> 01:17:08,375 Goodbye legacy. 1362 01:17:08,500 --> 01:17:10,377 Goodbye George Bush election. 1363 01:17:10,502 --> 01:17:14,214 Goodbye to everything that you three came here to do. 1364 01:17:16,508 --> 01:17:19,886 Can you recommend that to the President? 1365 01:17:28,687 --> 01:17:31,231 Gorby, it's Ronny. 1366 01:17:31,857 --> 01:17:32,899 Capitan. 1367 01:17:34,067 --> 01:17:36,570 Vladivostok Base to icebreaker Admiral Arsenyev. 1368 01:17:36,695 --> 01:17:38,822 Stand by to receive transmission of new orders... 1369 01:17:38,905 --> 01:17:41,700 Steer course to 160. 1370 01:17:51,710 --> 01:17:54,921 You know this could end very badly. 1371 01:17:55,672 --> 01:17:58,759 The sea is freezing over. If we don't act fast... 1372 01:17:59,259 --> 01:18:01,928 ...we're going to be trapped with those whales. 1373 01:18:02,220 --> 01:18:04,765 A theme that dominated today's episode of the trapped whales 1374 01:18:04,890 --> 01:18:06,266 was "The Russians are coming." 1375 01:18:06,391 --> 01:18:08,518 And now the Soviet Union has actively joined the effort 1376 01:18:08,602 --> 01:18:11,104 to save the whales still trapped in the ice off Alaska. 1377 01:18:11,229 --> 01:18:13,190 Tonight, there's a new twist to this drama. 1378 01:18:13,273 --> 01:18:16,360 The Soviet Navy is now sending reinforcements to help the Americans... 1379 01:18:16,443 --> 01:18:20,447 The stage now is set for a climax to this long suspense story. 1380 01:18:20,572 --> 01:18:24,117 Everyone involved seems to be planning for one final push 1381 01:18:24,242 --> 01:18:25,452 no matter what it costs. 1382 01:18:25,744 --> 01:18:28,205 The Soviet Icebreaker hopes to vanquish 1383 01:18:28,288 --> 01:18:31,041 the massive pressure ridge at the ocean's edge. 1384 01:18:31,124 --> 01:18:33,460 The ship can't go any further 1385 01:18:33,585 --> 01:18:36,880 as the shallow depths would cause it to run aground. 1386 01:18:36,963 --> 01:18:39,299 The burden of getting the whales to the ridge 1387 01:18:39,424 --> 01:18:43,553 falls to a cock-eyed coalition of whale hunters and whale lovers 1388 01:18:43,637 --> 01:18:46,056 who must carve a path in record-time 1389 01:18:46,139 --> 01:18:48,600 and pray the whales follow their lead. 1390 01:18:49,476 --> 01:18:55,565 I think it's very courageous of the Gipper to extend his hand to the Soviets 1391 01:18:56,066 --> 01:18:57,651 and let them help out like this. 1392 01:18:58,652 --> 01:18:59,736 That's all. 1393 01:19:00,278 --> 01:19:03,990 Anyway, we got five miles of holes to cut, so we can't waste any time. 1394 01:19:04,116 --> 01:19:05,575 By God, we can do it. 1395 01:19:05,659 --> 01:19:07,327 It's do or die! 1396 01:19:07,452 --> 01:19:10,247 It's bottom of the ninth! 1397 01:19:10,330 --> 01:19:12,165 It's fourth and goal! Right? 1398 01:19:12,290 --> 01:19:15,669 It's down by two and one second on the clock! 1399 01:19:15,794 --> 01:19:17,504 That's what it is. It's like, you know, one minute... 1400 01:19:18,755 --> 01:19:21,508 Just give him a cheer so we can get on with it. 1401 01:19:22,759 --> 01:19:24,344 Exactly. Exactly. 1402 01:19:24,636 --> 01:19:25,679 Guardsmen, we're on the move! 1403 01:19:26,930 --> 01:19:28,515 Come on! Let's go! 1404 01:19:28,640 --> 01:19:30,183 Come on! That's it. 1405 01:19:54,499 --> 01:19:56,376 It's going to be okay, Bamm-Bamm. 1406 01:20:02,174 --> 01:20:04,968 The ice-smashing cold war comrades 1407 01:20:05,051 --> 01:20:08,722 will arrive within a day, but won't stay long 1408 01:20:08,847 --> 01:20:11,641 as the brutal Beaufort Sea's frozen waters 1409 01:20:11,725 --> 01:20:13,852 will soon become impassable. 1410 01:20:14,352 --> 01:20:18,482 The Red rescuers will have just one Hail Mary shot 1411 01:20:18,565 --> 01:20:20,358 at breaking through the pressure ridge. 1412 01:20:39,586 --> 01:20:41,379 Wait. What's happening? 1413 01:20:42,380 --> 01:20:44,591 What are they upset about? 1414 01:20:48,887 --> 01:20:51,097 I think they're getting ready to move. 1415 01:20:56,895 --> 01:20:57,938 They are moving. 1416 01:20:58,063 --> 01:20:59,105 Okay. 1417 01:21:00,607 --> 01:21:04,611 Dean, Karl, de-icers! Let's go! As quickly as possible! 1418 01:21:05,570 --> 01:21:09,366 Ease back, everybody. Do not crowd the holes! 1419 01:21:09,449 --> 01:21:11,076 Which one is it? 1420 01:21:20,418 --> 01:21:24,089 Bamm-Bamm? Where's Bamm-Bamm? 1421 01:21:25,298 --> 01:21:27,092 He's not coming up. 1422 01:21:39,312 --> 01:21:40,772 Where is he? 1423 01:21:43,275 --> 01:21:46,403 He's just a baby and he's confused. He'll come up. 1424 01:21:46,486 --> 01:21:48,446 Pat, I don't see him. 1425 01:21:49,281 --> 01:21:51,157 Just give him a minute. 1426 01:21:58,123 --> 01:22:00,125 I don't see him. He's always right here. 1427 01:22:00,208 --> 01:22:02,335 He's down here. Where is he? 1428 01:22:04,129 --> 01:22:05,797 He's gone. 1429 01:22:08,508 --> 01:22:09,634 What? 1430 01:22:09,718 --> 01:22:12,470 The other two were protecting him, 1431 01:22:13,471 --> 01:22:16,308 but he could no longer hold on. 1432 01:22:17,809 --> 01:22:20,186 Bamm-Bamm is dead. 1433 01:22:26,318 --> 01:22:27,360 No. 1434 01:22:27,986 --> 01:22:30,697 Come on. Come on, surface. 1435 01:22:33,491 --> 01:22:35,327 Come on, Bamm-Bamm. 1436 01:22:36,161 --> 01:22:37,912 No, he's going to come up. 1437 01:22:38,038 --> 01:22:39,539 Oh, my God. 1438 01:22:40,040 --> 01:22:41,541 Oh, my God. 1439 01:22:42,000 --> 01:22:45,712 On me in three, two, one. Adam, where you going? 1440 01:22:46,046 --> 01:22:47,631 He's going to come up. 1441 01:22:47,714 --> 01:22:50,550 Come on, Bamm-Bamm, surface. 1442 01:22:51,009 --> 01:22:52,469 It's our job to report the story, 1443 01:22:52,552 --> 01:22:53,720 not become emotionally involved. 1444 01:22:53,845 --> 01:22:55,889 Pick up the camera, let's go! 1445 01:22:59,225 --> 01:23:02,687 Come on, Bamm-Bamm. Surface. 1446 01:23:05,190 --> 01:23:07,400 We can't let him die. We can't! 1447 01:23:07,525 --> 01:23:09,069 We should have started earlier. 1448 01:23:09,194 --> 01:23:11,196 We didn't do enough. No, no,no. 1449 01:23:16,076 --> 01:23:18,203 This is nobody's fault. 1450 01:23:18,703 --> 01:23:21,623 Listen, there are going to be things that happen 1451 01:23:21,748 --> 01:23:24,542 that neither you or anyone else can do anything about. 1452 01:23:25,251 --> 01:23:26,795 You got to stop. 1453 01:23:28,254 --> 01:23:30,590 Just stop fighting. 1454 01:23:31,257 --> 01:23:33,385 That baby is gone. 1455 01:23:34,052 --> 01:23:36,096 And you can't change that. 1456 01:23:52,612 --> 01:23:54,072 Amen. 1457 01:23:54,239 --> 01:23:55,615 Amen. 1458 01:25:02,849 --> 01:25:06,019 One of three whales trapped in the ice near Barrow, Alaska, 1459 01:25:06,144 --> 01:25:08,021 has not surfaced since yesterday. 1460 01:25:08,354 --> 01:25:11,524 The whale, nicknamed Bamm-Bamm, is now presumed dead. 1461 01:25:11,858 --> 01:25:14,027 Rescuers say Bamm-Bamm's mother and father 1462 01:25:14,152 --> 01:25:18,156 refused to leave their baby's side, until the very end. 1463 01:25:19,365 --> 01:25:20,658 To the little one. 1464 01:25:52,232 --> 01:25:53,608 Whoa, whoa! 1465 01:26:03,743 --> 01:26:06,579 Miss Kramer? Excuse me. 1466 01:26:06,913 --> 01:26:10,416 Ma'am, I know how much you wanted to save that baby. 1467 01:26:11,251 --> 01:26:15,338 And him dying, I'd be lying if I told you it didn't hurt like hell. 1468 01:26:15,672 --> 01:26:17,257 But I just want you to know 1469 01:26:17,340 --> 01:26:21,427 that we all give you the lion's share of credit around here. 1470 01:26:21,511 --> 01:26:23,763 Because if it weren't for you, 1471 01:26:23,847 --> 01:26:26,766 all three of those whales would be dead now. 1472 01:26:28,601 --> 01:26:30,645 And I promise you we're going to save the other two, 1473 01:26:30,770 --> 01:26:32,689 no matter what it takes. 1474 01:26:35,525 --> 01:26:37,861 You're not as easy to hate as I thought. 1475 01:26:43,032 --> 01:26:44,534 Neither are you. 1476 01:26:46,703 --> 01:26:48,246 Still doesn't change the way I feel 1477 01:26:48,329 --> 01:26:52,458 about you trying to open up the Arctic Wildlife Refuge for drilling. 1478 01:26:52,542 --> 01:26:56,296 Young lady, it doesn't change how I feel about it, either. 1479 01:27:15,315 --> 01:27:16,983 The clock continues to tick down 1480 01:27:17,066 --> 01:27:20,403 as crews furiously work to cut a path to the open ocean. 1481 01:27:20,486 --> 01:27:23,489 A herculean task... 1482 01:27:23,823 --> 01:27:26,910 Cut. Arnold, you have to hold the camera straight. 1483 01:27:26,993 --> 01:27:29,579 The camera's facing the ground. You got to keep it up. 1484 01:27:29,662 --> 01:27:31,247 I'm sorry. Let's go again. 1485 01:27:31,331 --> 01:27:33,750 If the whales or the Soviets don't arrive at the exact... 1486 01:27:33,833 --> 01:27:36,377 The town of Barrow has shut down 1487 01:27:36,502 --> 01:27:38,671 as schoolchildren and shopkeepers alike 1488 01:27:38,838 --> 01:27:42,675 answer the call to help out on the ice in any way they can. 1489 01:27:42,759 --> 01:27:45,011 Those not cutting holes are providing hot food and coffee. 1490 01:27:46,220 --> 01:27:48,181 ...with the Soviets racing across the sea... 1491 01:27:48,514 --> 01:27:50,892 ...the whales are now within a mile of the ridge. 1492 01:28:27,595 --> 01:28:30,723 This is hole 425! 1493 01:28:30,807 --> 01:28:33,935 That's over 30 holes an hour, in one solid day. 1494 01:28:34,060 --> 01:28:35,520 It's incredible! 1495 01:28:35,603 --> 01:28:36,729 We really did it. 1496 01:29:09,762 --> 01:29:11,514 They could've told us it was so big. 1497 01:29:12,306 --> 01:29:14,308 Maybe this wasn't such a great idea. 1498 01:29:34,996 --> 01:29:36,789 Slow ahead 10 knots. 1499 01:29:42,211 --> 01:29:43,296 Very well. 1500 01:29:46,716 --> 01:29:47,967 That's big. 1501 01:30:14,827 --> 01:30:16,204 It hardly made a dent. 1502 01:30:26,547 --> 01:30:28,382 Let's go again. 1503 01:30:29,675 --> 01:30:30,676 Stand by. 1504 01:30:35,848 --> 01:30:36,849 Attention. 1505 01:30:36,933 --> 01:30:40,311 Attention. This is Icebreaker Admiral Arsenyev. 1506 01:30:40,394 --> 01:30:42,814 The ship is going to hit the ice again. 1507 01:30:42,897 --> 01:30:45,233 Everybody move away from the ridge. 1508 01:30:45,358 --> 01:30:47,652 Please move back, everyone. 1509 01:30:47,735 --> 01:30:50,196 Fall back, men. Fall back! 1510 01:31:27,733 --> 01:31:28,776 Stop engine. 1511 01:31:32,572 --> 01:31:34,448 They're swimming away! 1512 01:31:37,118 --> 01:31:38,661 It's the vibration! 1513 01:31:38,744 --> 01:31:40,121 Oh, no. No! 1514 01:31:43,457 --> 01:31:44,500 Stop! 1515 01:31:46,419 --> 01:31:48,296 No, no,no! 1516 01:31:48,462 --> 01:31:50,047 There's nowhere left for them to go! 1517 01:31:50,131 --> 01:31:51,632 The old holes are frozen over! 1518 01:31:52,633 --> 01:31:54,135 Come back! 1519 01:32:07,648 --> 01:32:08,816 We could have structural damage. 1520 01:32:08,900 --> 01:32:09,942 We go again. 1521 01:32:10,026 --> 01:32:11,068 No. It's too dangerous. 1522 01:32:16,741 --> 01:32:18,618 They've been under there too long, Rachel. 1523 01:32:19,285 --> 01:32:20,786 We did enough. 1524 01:32:21,329 --> 01:32:22,413 30 knots. 1525 01:32:25,791 --> 01:32:26,834 Full ahead. 1526 01:32:36,010 --> 01:32:39,013 Oh, my Lord. That Ruskie's crazy. 1527 01:33:38,698 --> 01:33:40,574 Careful. Careful. 1528 01:33:46,539 --> 01:33:47,999 Do you see them? 1529 01:34:15,192 --> 01:34:17,903 Come on, you bastards, surface! 1530 01:34:42,136 --> 01:34:43,179 Fred. 1531 01:35:33,020 --> 01:35:36,357 You know what? I'm going to miss them. 1532 01:35:46,033 --> 01:35:47,451 After the rescue, 1533 01:35:47,535 --> 01:35:50,454 everyone from the outside left our little edge of the world 1534 01:35:50,538 --> 01:35:52,706 and went on with their lives. 1535 01:35:53,582 --> 01:35:56,877 Mr. McGraw used his new eco-friendly reputation 1536 01:35:57,002 --> 01:36:00,798 to land one of the biggest contracts in Alaskan history 1537 01:36:00,881 --> 01:36:02,967 cleaning up all that crude oil 1538 01:36:03,050 --> 01:36:05,261 spilled by the Exxon Valdez. 1539 01:36:06,095 --> 01:36:10,558 To the Valdez, the gift that keeps on giving. 1540 01:36:10,891 --> 01:36:12,768 Two out of three... ...Arctic whales agree. 1541 01:36:12,852 --> 01:36:14,061 Nothing could be nicer... 1542 01:36:14,145 --> 01:36:15,688 ...than a Hootkin brand De-lcer. 1543 01:36:15,771 --> 01:36:18,858 Karl and Dean became local celebrities back in Minnesota 1544 01:36:18,941 --> 01:36:21,110 and their de-icer business took off. 1545 01:36:21,193 --> 01:36:23,237 It's Arctic-proven, don't you know? 1546 01:36:24,738 --> 01:36:27,825 Colonel Boyer and Kelly Meyers fell in love. 1547 01:36:27,908 --> 01:36:30,953 They got married on August 12th, 1989. 1548 01:36:31,203 --> 01:36:33,956 And they spent their entire honeymoon down in Baja, 1549 01:36:34,039 --> 01:36:36,083 watching the whales. 1550 01:36:37,376 --> 01:36:39,044 It only took three more stations, 1551 01:36:39,128 --> 01:36:42,339 but Jill Jerard finally made it to a national news network. 1552 01:36:42,423 --> 01:36:45,050 So, Joey, you've denied the affair. 1553 01:36:45,384 --> 01:36:48,512 You say Amy Fisher was just obsessed with you. 1554 01:36:48,596 --> 01:36:52,433 Mary Jo, are there doubts in your mind about Joey's claim? 1555 01:36:52,600 --> 01:36:54,643 Thanks to Fred, Wilma and Bamm-Bamm, 1556 01:36:54,727 --> 01:36:57,688 Greenpeace membership increased by over 400 %. 1557 01:36:57,771 --> 01:36:59,523 Go easy on the copy machine because, 1558 01:36:59,607 --> 01:37:01,734 after all, it's being held up by duct tape. 1559 01:37:07,406 --> 01:37:08,407 Is everything okay? 1560 01:37:08,491 --> 01:37:09,533 Yeah. 1561 01:37:09,617 --> 01:37:11,744 I thought you were supposed to be at a job interview in Pittsburgh. 1562 01:37:11,827 --> 01:37:15,080 I canceled it. I had something else I had to do. 1563 01:37:18,959 --> 01:37:20,336 I don't like the robe. 1564 01:37:20,920 --> 01:37:21,962 Okay. 1565 01:37:22,796 --> 01:37:25,216 See, I knew I was going to hurt your feelings. 1566 01:37:25,299 --> 01:37:27,635 No, honesty is important. 1567 01:37:28,427 --> 01:37:30,804 Good, because honestly, 1568 01:37:32,306 --> 01:37:34,099 you drive me crazy. 1569 01:37:35,142 --> 01:37:36,310 And... 1570 01:37:37,603 --> 01:37:40,814 I can't imagine my life without you. 1571 01:37:47,655 --> 01:37:50,241 Adam got offers from all over the lower 48, 1572 01:37:50,324 --> 01:37:52,243 but he turned them down to stay in Anchorage. 1573 01:37:52,326 --> 01:37:53,619 He told me, 1574 01:37:53,702 --> 01:37:56,580 "The biggest stories happen in the least likely places." 1575 01:37:56,664 --> 01:37:59,917 And now, here's Sarah Heath with tonight's sports. 1576 01:38:00,000 --> 01:38:02,127 Not just Iditarod news tonight, right? 1577 01:38:02,211 --> 01:38:04,630 Right. There was some good college basketball today. 1578 01:38:04,713 --> 01:38:06,131 I'm going to show you highlights, 1579 01:38:06,215 --> 01:38:07,591 plus tell you all about that, next. 1580 01:38:07,675 --> 01:38:09,218 Stay right there. 1581 01:38:09,510 --> 01:38:11,178 Nathan? Yeah. 1582 01:38:11,512 --> 01:38:14,431 Me and my grandfather spend a lot of time together now. 1583 01:38:14,515 --> 01:38:16,100 He and the rest of my people 1584 01:38:16,183 --> 01:38:20,354 never stopped laughing at the huge fuss the crazy outsiders made. 1585 01:38:20,854 --> 01:38:23,941 But sometimes, I think about the whales 1586 01:38:24,024 --> 01:38:26,777 and that hole in the ice where we first found them, 1587 01:38:26,860 --> 01:38:29,572 and how it kept getting bigger and bigger 1588 01:38:29,655 --> 01:38:32,032 until it let the whole world in. 1589 01:38:50,718 --> 01:38:53,095 It happens every so often, an animal's dilemma 1590 01:38:53,178 --> 01:38:56,098 captures the public imagination and continues to hold onto it. 1591 01:38:56,181 --> 01:38:57,975 Those three California gray whales 1592 01:38:58,058 --> 01:38:59,852 trapped in the Arctic ice off Alaska... 1593 01:38:59,935 --> 01:39:04,064 We bid the value of all the wildlife you're putting at risk. 1594 01:39:04,189 --> 01:39:05,733 And since you've refused to read them, 1595 01:39:05,858 --> 01:39:07,318 we'll go ahead and read them for you. 1596 01:39:07,401 --> 01:39:09,320 What is it that's brought you to this site 1597 01:39:09,403 --> 01:39:10,904 to do all of this work? 1598 01:39:12,239 --> 01:39:14,158 I think it's the same as with most people 1599 01:39:14,241 --> 01:39:18,329 that have a real good feeling about whales... 1600 01:39:18,412 --> 01:39:22,207 I just told my wife, I said, "We can open that hole up for them." 1601 01:39:22,541 --> 01:39:24,710 Well, the purpose was to keep the water open 1602 01:39:24,835 --> 01:39:27,421 and it almost looks like we've got something else going here. 1603 01:39:27,546 --> 01:39:29,548 The whales seem to really like them. 1604 01:39:34,011 --> 01:39:35,346 That must make you feel very good. 1605 01:39:35,429 --> 01:39:36,847 Yes, it does. 1606 01:39:36,930 --> 01:39:39,683 Well, this whole project is a real long shot, you know. 1607 01:39:39,767 --> 01:39:43,520 There's no use pretending that this is a foregone conclusion 1608 01:39:43,604 --> 01:39:45,522 that we're gonna get these guys out of here. 1609 01:39:45,606 --> 01:39:47,316 If the weather... 1610 01:39:47,399 --> 01:39:48,609 They're spitting all over us. 1611 01:39:50,694 --> 01:39:52,780 You have to remember that everything we've done, 1612 01:39:52,905 --> 01:39:54,740 it's been done for the first time. 1613 01:39:54,865 --> 01:39:58,577 So any progress at all is a pioneering and new area. 1614 01:39:58,786 --> 01:40:02,206 And there is still the worry that the ice pack could close in 1615 01:40:02,289 --> 01:40:06,043 and that there would be no open water for the whales to swim to. 1616 01:40:06,126 --> 01:40:09,129 Don Oliver, NBC News, Point Barrow, Alaska. 1617 01:40:15,761 --> 01:40:17,846 The only available Icebreaker. .. 1618 01:40:17,930 --> 01:40:22,559 A man obviously passionate about his role in this stirring rescue. 1619 01:40:22,643 --> 01:40:26,689 In his voice, this reporter hears the unmistakable sounds 1620 01:40:26,772 --> 01:40:29,775 of a 40-year cold war beginning to thaw. 1621 01:40:29,900 --> 01:40:31,610 So, all this is rather interesting. 1622 01:40:31,819 --> 01:40:34,780 When you've seen these magnificent animals 1623 01:40:34,905 --> 01:40:36,824 up close like I have, Larry, 1624 01:40:36,990 --> 01:40:41,912 you come to know that indomitable American spirit 1625 01:40:41,995 --> 01:40:43,080 that lives within them. 1626 01:40:43,580 --> 01:40:45,416 Thanks very much for joining us tonight. 1627 01:40:45,499 --> 01:40:47,167 We'll be back with Arsenio Hall. 1628 01:40:47,668 --> 01:40:49,920 Ice is freezing the Beaufort Sea 1629 01:40:50,003 --> 01:40:52,339 more quickly than usual for this time of year. 1630 01:40:52,464 --> 01:40:55,592 And three gray whales, two adults and their baby, 1631 01:40:55,676 --> 01:40:59,304 are now trapped in walls of ice, six inches thick. 1632 01:40:59,471 --> 01:41:02,099 And I'll be back with an exclusive report. 1633 01:41:09,940 --> 01:41:13,152 Time is running out for the whales trapped in the ice in Alaska...