WEBVTT 00:00:00.170 --> 00:00:15.050 The CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents... Come 00:00:15.050 --> 00:00:27.550 in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. What a fragile 00:00:27.550 --> 00:00:31.429 species, mankind. really is. We're not nearly 00:00:31.429 --> 00:00:34.570 so swift or agile as many of our lesser cousins, 00:00:34.649 --> 00:00:38.149 and consider our vulnerability to shifts in the 00:00:38.149 --> 00:00:42.009 temperature. On a spectrum that ranges from 12 00:00:42.009 --> 00:00:45.969 ,000 degrees, the temperature of the sun, to 00:00:45.969 --> 00:00:49.549 the bitter, chilling void of outer space, we 00:00:49.549 --> 00:00:54.189 can survive, unaided, only in a microscopic span. 00:00:54.920 --> 00:00:58.700 of less than 70 degrees. There goes the sun. 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:03.259 Surely now, we will freeze to death. It can't 00:01:03.259 --> 00:01:06.219 affect our radio. Our escape has been cut off. 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:09.140 The only person who knows we are here on this 00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:12.859 glacier would rather see us dead than alive. 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:24.859 Our mystery drama, The Ice Palace. was written 00:01:24.859 --> 00:01:27.719 especially for the Mystery Theater by Percy Granger 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:32.459 and star Tony Roberts. It is sponsored in part 00:01:32.459 --> 00:01:35.579 by Buick Motor Division. I'll be back shortly 00:01:35.579 --> 00:01:48.700 with Act One. The Arctic regions are a permanent 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:51.219 reminder of one of the most dramatic periods 00:01:51.219 --> 00:01:55.989 in the Earth's history. The Ice Age. Some scientists 00:01:55.989 --> 00:01:59.549 claim the Earth is cooling down and another ice 00:01:59.549 --> 00:02:03.069 age is on the way. Others say the Earth is still 00:02:03.069 --> 00:02:06.650 warming up. And if the trend continues, the vast 00:02:06.650 --> 00:02:10.830 ice caps will begin to melt. Either way, the 00:02:10.830 --> 00:02:13.370 polar regions are under constant and careful 00:02:13.370 --> 00:02:17.330 scrutiny. Though locked deep within their massive 00:02:17.330 --> 00:02:20.629 glaciers, it could be the key to the future of 00:02:20.629 --> 00:02:24.650 the world. We're aboard a Canadian naval ice 00:02:24.650 --> 00:02:28.250 cut north of the Arctic Circle. What's the time, 00:02:28.250 --> 00:02:31.009 Wynn? Uh, 0900, Captain. We're right on schedule. 00:02:31.229 --> 00:02:33.889 At a similarly roundback point up ahead, there's 00:02:33.889 --> 00:02:36.389 only 10 more miles of ice left between us and 00:02:36.389 --> 00:02:39.009 open water. Oh, thank goodness. Yeah, well, it's 00:02:39.009 --> 00:02:41.349 a boring job, cutting channels through ice. It's 00:02:41.349 --> 00:02:43.550 got to be the worst. We'll be glad to get back 00:02:43.550 --> 00:02:45.990 today. You bet. We reached the setting, but ice 00:02:45.990 --> 00:02:49.650 and snow is 70 to the 40 below. I belong up in 00:02:49.650 --> 00:02:53.090 the air. Well, you know that, Joe. I just don't 00:02:53.090 --> 00:02:54.949 know why the colonel sent me on the boring 00:02:54.949 --> 00:02:57.789 mission. Well, I'd do better now. I should be 00:02:57.789 --> 00:03:01.370 flying. Well, ten more miles of ice and then 00:03:01.370 --> 00:03:03.669 we can have the whole thing. I didn't know the 00:03:03.669 --> 00:03:06.469 pilots were bringing her about. We're over. Aye, 00:03:06.610 --> 00:03:21.099 aye, Captain. Jack, come up here. What is it? 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:25.120 My eyes are supposed to be sealed now, right? 00:03:25.900 --> 00:03:27.939 Didn't I have them tested just before we left 00:03:27.939 --> 00:03:31.180 base? Yeah, and so what's the problem? You tell 00:03:31.180 --> 00:03:37.319 me. Look, the channel. It's already clear. There 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:41.300 is no sign of ice anywhere. We are in open water. 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:43.599 At this time of year, the channel is always under 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:46.960 a layer of ice. And if we're on course, the Amundsen 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:49.719 iceberg should be off our stoppage now. But there's 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:54.599 nothing there but open water. Wynn, tell a pilot 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:57.539 to turn her about. We'd better report this back 00:03:57.539 --> 00:04:05.180 to the base at once. And that's it, Colonel. 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:08.120 We rounded Victoria Point, and there was nothing 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:10.800 but open water as far as the eye could see. Joe, 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:13.360 you know the ice flows up there and never breaks 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:16.579 up, not even during the summer months. You sure 00:04:16.579 --> 00:04:18.800 you didn't see anything, not even chunks of free 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:21.920 -floating ice? No, not a thing, Phil. Well, that 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:24.560 doesn't make sense. We had a spotter plane over 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:26.439 that area not two days ago, and they reported 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:29.019 everything was normal. They saw the Amundsen 00:04:29.019 --> 00:04:32.660 Iceberg, too? Yes. So something caused those 00:04:32.660 --> 00:04:34.839 waters to heat up to the point where it broke 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:37.980 up a massive ice field. What kind of a force 00:04:37.980 --> 00:04:41.060 could melt that much ice? We don't know for sure 00:04:41.060 --> 00:04:44.399 that it did. What do you mean? The ice in the 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:47.079 channel, perhaps. But the Amundsen iceberg was 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:50.579 20 miles long, Colonel. Nothing could cause something 00:04:50.579 --> 00:04:53.040 that big to completely disappear. You think it 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:56.620 may only have broken up or shifted? I think we 00:04:56.620 --> 00:04:59.819 have to consider that a possibility. The current 00:04:59.819 --> 00:05:02.980 in the Victoria Channel flows southwest, right 00:05:02.980 --> 00:05:04.939 into the main shipping lanes to the north slopes 00:05:04.939 --> 00:05:08.240 of Alaska. Yeah, that's true, Joe. There's supertankers 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:10.360 and supply ships moving through that area constantly. 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:12.899 At this very minute, there could be ice floating 00:05:12.899 --> 00:05:15.019 directly towards them. We've got to get a scout 00:05:15.019 --> 00:05:17.100 train up at once. I'll call their wing and have 00:05:17.100 --> 00:05:19.740 them... Colonel, please, with your permission, 00:05:19.939 --> 00:05:24.279 I'd like to go up. You? You haven't flown in 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:27.040 over a year. My sight's back to normal now. The 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:29.540 doc gave me a clean slate. Yeah, but I don't 00:05:29.540 --> 00:05:31.600 know... It's not that I don't get along with 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:35.220 Captain Gates here. I do. But I'm a pilot, Colonel. 00:05:35.689 --> 00:05:40.870 I don't belong on the ship. Okay, Wynn. Thank 00:05:40.870 --> 00:05:46.850 you, sir. I hope I made the right decision, Joe. 00:05:46.889 --> 00:05:50.009 I think you did, sir. Before that car accident, 00:05:50.170 --> 00:05:52.129 there wasn't a better pilot in the wind. That's 00:05:52.129 --> 00:05:54.370 right. Before the accident. He'll be fine. He'll 00:05:54.370 --> 00:05:56.069 be fine. He just needs to get his confidence 00:05:56.069 --> 00:06:01.009 back. I hope you're right. Yes, who is it? Colonel 00:06:01.009 --> 00:06:03.829 Champ, I wish to speak to you. Oh, call back. 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:09.120 Is it important? It is. All right, come in, come 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:12.879 in. Thank you. You're Kulebek, the headman 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:15.959 on the Eskimo village down the peninsula. I'm 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:18.579 afraid I have a serious problem which belongs 00:06:18.579 --> 00:06:21.959 at your feet, Captain. If you will please look 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:26.279 out your window. All right. Well, congratulations. 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:30.060 Looks like you and your people made a rapid field 00:06:30.060 --> 00:06:32.319 kill this year. Yeah, we have not brought these 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:34.540 things to your gates for your admiration, killer. 00:06:35.060 --> 00:06:39.060 We did not kill them. Well, then who did? That 00:06:39.060 --> 00:06:42.420 is what I must find out from you. This morning, 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:46.019 they were found washed up on the beach. Why can't 00:06:46.019 --> 00:06:48.639 you just store them like you always do? No, no, 00:06:48.660 --> 00:06:52.300 that would not be safe. Why not? Because we cannot 00:06:52.300 --> 00:06:56.199 be certain how they died. Excuse me, Colonel. Kulabek, 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:58.850 Did you say these seals had been washed 00:06:58.850 --> 00:07:02.209 ashore? Yes. But how can you be sure they died 00:07:02.209 --> 00:07:04.490 at sea? How do you know they weren't already 00:07:04.490 --> 00:07:07.730 on the beach? Because we have seen other seals 00:07:07.730 --> 00:07:10.990 in the water, floating with their bellies up. 00:07:11.949 --> 00:07:14.670 Colonel, with your permission, I'd like to go 00:07:14.670 --> 00:07:16.870 out with Kulabek and examine those animals. Joe, 00:07:16.930 --> 00:07:19.589 we've got a far more serious situation. But it's 00:07:19.589 --> 00:07:22.250 just impossible, sir, that there may be a connection 00:07:22.250 --> 00:07:24.389 between the disappearance of that glacier and 00:07:24.389 --> 00:07:27.379 the fate of those seals. I think we'd better 00:07:27.379 --> 00:07:38.680 find out how they died. My people are very angry, 00:07:38.860 --> 00:07:42.300 Captain. They did not want this military base 00:07:42.300 --> 00:07:44.879 here. There's still no proof that we are responsible. 00:07:46.500 --> 00:07:48.860 There aren't any visible wounds on the animals. 00:07:49.100 --> 00:07:53.779 Look more closely at this skin. Look. It's discolored 00:07:53.779 --> 00:07:57.889 and shriveled. Almost like it's been charred. 00:07:58.389 --> 00:08:01.990 Is not this what happens to skin which has been 00:08:01.990 --> 00:08:07.149 exposed to nuclear radiation? Well, yes, actually 00:08:07.149 --> 00:08:10.889 it is. But there's no nuclear testing going on 00:08:10.889 --> 00:08:12.910 in the Arctic by either the West or the East. 00:08:13.029 --> 00:08:18.730 How can you say this must happen? Well, any nuclear 00:08:18.730 --> 00:08:20.930 explosions would have registered on our monitoring 00:08:20.930 --> 00:08:23.699 equipment. But is it not the whole point for 00:08:23.699 --> 00:08:27.560 each side to try to think up weapons which will 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:32.960 escape detection? Look, we'll run tests on one 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:35.539 of the fields. If our government is in any way 00:08:35.539 --> 00:08:38.620 responsible, believe me, we'll make it up to 00:08:38.620 --> 00:08:48.120 you. Nuclear radiation? That's impossible. Perhaps, 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:50.529 but... Those animals exhibited all the signs 00:08:50.529 --> 00:08:53.490 of having died from a massive radioactive shock. 00:08:53.730 --> 00:08:55.789 Captain, do you understand the implications of 00:08:55.789 --> 00:08:57.929 what you're saying? If some nation is using the 00:08:57.929 --> 00:08:59.450 Arctic as a testing ground... I know. ...and 00:08:59.450 --> 00:09:02.090 has developed a weapon that can eliminate a 20 00:09:02.090 --> 00:09:04.830 -mile -long iceberg without registering so much 00:09:04.830 --> 00:09:06.990 as a tick on our type monitor... Well, we still 00:09:06.990 --> 00:09:09.190 don't know the Amundsen iceberg has vanished 00:09:09.190 --> 00:09:12.669 entirely. Wynn hasn't radioed in yet. Oh, I've 00:09:12.669 --> 00:09:18.669 heard enough. Colonel Champ speaking. Yes? You sure 00:09:18.669 --> 00:09:24.870 of that? Thanks very much. Well, that was the 00:09:24.870 --> 00:09:26.950 lab. They've completed the autopsy in one of 00:09:26.950 --> 00:09:30.350 those fields. There was no sign of radiation 00:09:30.350 --> 00:09:34.110 sickness. None at all? Well, what did they tell 00:09:34.110 --> 00:09:38.649 you? Look, simple heat frustration. Heat frustration? 00:09:39.789 --> 00:09:42.629 At the North Pole? Not only that, Joe. While 00:09:42.629 --> 00:09:44.669 you were out with Kulabek, I was getting reports 00:09:44.669 --> 00:09:47.789 from Halifax, Reykjavik, two cities from Iceland 00:09:47.789 --> 00:09:50.769 to Alaska. And they're all reporting the same 00:09:50.769 --> 00:09:56.649 thing. A rise in the level of the ocean. What? 00:09:58.210 --> 00:10:00.570 How much? Oh, it's still very slight, but it's 00:10:00.570 --> 00:10:05.029 enough to be measured. You know, Joe, the conclusion 00:10:05.029 --> 00:10:10.759 seems inescapable. Somehow... Some way, something 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:14.659 is causing the polar ice cap to warm up. But 00:10:14.659 --> 00:10:17.960 this rapidly? That goes against all scientific 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:22.200 predictions. And how can it be selective? I mean, 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:24.340 why the Amundsen Iceberg, but not our outpost 00:10:24.340 --> 00:10:29.340 here? General Champ speaking. Oh, yes, good. 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:32.200 I'll switch him on in here. Wynn is on a 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:36.440 horn. Maybe now we'll find out something. Hello, 00:10:36.700 --> 00:10:39.590 Wynn? This is Colonel Champ. Do you read me? 00:10:39.929 --> 00:10:43.190 I read you loud and clear, Colonel. What can 00:10:43.190 --> 00:10:46.690 you see from up there? Nothing at all. There's 00:10:46.690 --> 00:10:49.889 no trace of the Amundsen Glacier anywhere. What? 00:10:50.009 --> 00:10:52.830 Are you positive? Yes, sir. It's crossed this 00:10:52.830 --> 00:10:55.450 whole area. What altitude are you flying at? 00:10:55.649 --> 00:10:58.970 Well, I've been down as close as 50 feet. I can't 00:10:58.970 --> 00:11:02.110 find so much as an ice cube. Oh, that's not possible. 00:11:02.509 --> 00:11:04.570 Colonel Champ. Colonel Champ. Yes, sir. What 00:11:04.570 --> 00:11:11.539 is it? Believe what? What? What? Believe what? 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:15.440 Hello, Wynn. Wynn? The radio's not dead. I lost 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:20.899 contact. Hello. Hello, Wynn. Yes? Yes, I know 00:11:20.899 --> 00:11:22.580 the radio's dead. Put me through to the radar 00:11:22.580 --> 00:11:25.980 room. Tell you that. It happened to Wynn. Hello, 00:11:26.220 --> 00:11:29.220 the radar? That's the plane we sent up. What's 00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:32.600 its location? Are you sure it isn't a malfunction? 00:11:35.059 --> 00:11:41.019 Yeah. Okay. Okay, if anything happens, let me 00:11:41.019 --> 00:11:45.700 know. They've lost him on the radar screen as 00:11:45.700 --> 00:11:50.379 well? At the same time the radio went dead. He's 00:11:50.379 --> 00:12:01.340 vanished. Just vanished. Are all the scout planes 00:12:01.340 --> 00:12:06.500 back, Bill? Yes, sir. Nothing. No trace of wind. 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:11.240 Or his plane. I never should have let him go 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:14.200 up. He wasn't ready to go. I don't think he crashed, 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:18.419 sir. Why not? You remember what he said just 00:12:18.419 --> 00:12:21.539 before losing contact? I double-checked on the 00:12:21.539 --> 00:12:25.460 black box. His exact words were, I've spotted 00:12:25.460 --> 00:12:30.100 ice. I've spotted ice. Well, then, according 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:32.299 to the radar room, these were his coordinates 00:12:32.299 --> 00:12:40.059 at that precise moment. I see. Hmm. So obviously 00:12:40.059 --> 00:12:44.779 what he was seeing was this, the Lancaster ice 00:12:44.779 --> 00:12:47.940 field. Right. Except for one thing, Colonel. 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:53.279 It isn't there anymore. What? The scout planes 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:56.159 reported no sign of the Lancaster ice field. 00:12:56.799 --> 00:13:02.779 It's gone. 25 square miles of solid ice. Whatever 00:13:02.779 --> 00:13:10.289 got that ice field got wet. I'm calling Ottawa. 00:13:11.389 --> 00:13:14.809 I think Kulabek is right. There is some kind 00:13:14.809 --> 00:13:17.149 of nuclear activity going on up here, and it 00:13:17.149 --> 00:13:21.269 isn't on our side. Joe, some strange force is 00:13:21.269 --> 00:13:25.169 causing the polar ice cap to melt. And if we 00:13:25.169 --> 00:13:27.409 can't stop it, the results will be catastrophic. 00:13:35.409 --> 00:13:39.720 Ice, we might say. is an extreme form of water. 00:13:40.059 --> 00:13:44.379 An extreme, Aristotle tells us, ought to be avoided 00:13:44.379 --> 00:13:48.159 on principle. What would happen should all the 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:52.340 ice on Earth vanish? Well, we know that's not 00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:55.779 possible. Nothing just vanishes. And in the case 00:13:55.779 --> 00:14:00.360 of ice, it would change into water. A great deal 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:04.600 of water. I shall return shortly with Act Two. 00:14:12.809 --> 00:14:15.490 All around us, there are reminders of the awesome 00:14:15.490 --> 00:14:19.450 force of the glaciers. They gouged out valleys 00:14:19.450 --> 00:14:23.049 and threw up mountains. But when we consider 00:14:23.049 --> 00:14:25.889 the fact that the amount of water contained in 00:14:25.889 --> 00:14:29.090 the ice sheets at either end of the Earth is 00:14:29.090 --> 00:14:32.269 enough to flood most of the world's landmass, 00:14:32.570 --> 00:14:37.190 perhaps the most awesome thing ice can do is 00:14:37.190 --> 00:14:40.629 melt. Joe, my orders from Ottawa are very clear. 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:44.580 We're the only military post in this area. It's 00:14:44.580 --> 00:14:46.860 up to us to find out what's going on. I want 00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:49.500 to know what happened to Wynn. I know, he was 00:14:49.500 --> 00:14:51.919 your friend, Joe, but the radar room said they 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:55.340 lost contact instantaneously, as if he was obliterated. 00:14:56.460 --> 00:14:58.940 There's only one thing that can do that. Some 00:14:58.940 --> 00:15:01.600 kind of missile. The radar room picked up no 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:03.799 other signals. How could a missile destroy a 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:07.559 plane and escape all detection? Little chance 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:14.759 we can... Yes? Oh, I see. No, no, please keep 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:20.059 me informed. Thank you. Well, that was Repulse 00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:24.620 Bay. They just reported another rise in the level 00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:28.159 of the ocean. If this keeps up, the entire Earth 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:31.759 will be flooded. Pieces just don't fit. If some 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:34.299 natural phenomenon is causing the Earth to heat 00:15:34.299 --> 00:15:36.159 up, how does that explain Wynn's disappearance? 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:39.440 Or if it's some kind of nuclear activity, why 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:42.679 isn't it registering on our monitor? That leaves 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:46.679 only two possibilities. Either someone has developed 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.019 an incredibly sophisticated weapon which our 00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:55.159 equipment can't detect, or we are face-to-face 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:58.360 with some force we know nothing about. What? 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:05.080 You mean supernatural? That, or some force from 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:11.669 beyond our planet. Huh? Oh, uh, come in. Forgive 00:16:11.669 --> 00:16:14.429 my coming to you twice with the same problem. 00:16:15.190 --> 00:16:18.110 But my people wish to know what you will do to 00:16:18.110 --> 00:16:20.570 replace the seals that have been killed. Don't 00:16:20.570 --> 00:16:22.870 you have any food stored away you can draw on? 00:16:23.230 --> 00:16:26.970 Uh, ordinarily, yes. We are very provident in 00:16:26.970 --> 00:16:30.909 these matters. But our caches have been vandalized. 00:16:31.090 --> 00:16:32.610 Well, you're not going to blame us for that, 00:16:32.610 --> 00:16:35.789 too, are you? No, I know who the guilty party 00:16:35.789 --> 00:16:38.830 is. And at the right moment, I will expose him. 00:16:39.470 --> 00:16:43.090 Is it someone from our base? No, no. His name 00:16:43.090 --> 00:16:47.090 is Samick. You do not need to interfere. We will 00:16:47.090 --> 00:16:49.629 take care of this in our own way. All right, 00:16:49.629 --> 00:16:51.629 all right, Kulabek. I'll speak to the quartermaster 00:16:51.629 --> 00:16:54.389 about issuing rations to the village. Thank you. 00:16:54.490 --> 00:16:58.149 Just a minute, just a minute. Kulabek, why is 00:16:58.149 --> 00:17:01.149 one man robbing the meat deposits of the entire 00:17:01.149 --> 00:17:04.529 village? Because he's lazy and good for nothing. 00:17:04.930 --> 00:17:07.039 Well, what happened to him? And he can't eat 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:12.319 it all himself. He sells it. To whom? I have 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:15.519 been watching him. I have seen him load up the 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:19.819 meat and go off up the northern channel. In my 00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:22.200 younger days, I could have followed him in my 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:27.039 kayak. But now a motor is too much for me. And 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:30.019 when he returns, his boat is lighter than before. 00:17:30.380 --> 00:17:33.299 Joe, we have an urgent situation facing us. Colonel, 00:17:33.339 --> 00:17:35.900 there are no settlements up the northern channel. 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:38.940 It's frozen wilderness all the way to the pole. 00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:42.819 I'd be very interested to know just who Samick's 00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:51.099 customers are. What do you want with me? I only 00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:53.559 take my boat out to hunt like the rest. Samick, 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:56.799 Kulabek here says you go up the northern channel. 00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:59.960 The hunting is better in the back. I am bound 00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:03.460 by no law to do as the others do. Samick, I advise 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:06.460 you to cooperate with Captain Gates. You have 00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:09.720 no power over me, old man. I know nothing. Will 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:14.380 you take the meat, too? I do not know. Samic... 00:18:14.380 --> 00:18:17.079 I have never seen the man that I can swear to 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:21.019 you. I do not know even if it is one man or many. 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:24.960 Tell us what you do know. Several months ago, 00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:28.599 I was in Toul. Someone approached me. He 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:31.039 said he knew I was from this village. He had 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:34.119 a bargain to make. The man he worked for would 00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:37.119 pay me very well. All I had to do was hunt for 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:40.200 him and once each week take what I had killed 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:43.559 to a certain spot at the far end of the northern 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:47.680 channel. But you found it easier to rob our store. 00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:52.019 Go on, Samick. That is all I know. I leave the 00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:54.759 food, take the money which is there for me, and 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:57.740 go. I see no one. No signs of life at all? No. 00:18:58.269 --> 00:19:01.269 No buildings? It is a wilderness. I do not even 00:19:01.269 --> 00:19:05.210 know how a person can survive there. And this 00:19:05.210 --> 00:19:09.670 never struck you as odd? I am well paid. I have 00:19:09.670 --> 00:19:12.490 no questions. Is that where you're going now? 00:19:13.470 --> 00:19:17.970 Yes. I'm coming along. You cannot. The man was 00:19:17.970 --> 00:19:20.890 very clear. No one else must come with me. Oh, 00:19:20.910 --> 00:19:23.450 don't worry. Don't worry. Whoever's out there 00:19:23.450 --> 00:19:34.500 isn't going to see me until I want them to. How 00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:36.740 can anything survive in such a bleak wilderness 00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:40.259 as this? There's nothing but snow and ice. The 00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:43.200 place where I'm about to leave the food is just 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:46.740 around the next bend. All right, I'll pull up 00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:52.799 alongside this glacier here. We'll get out here 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:55.640 and set up camp at the top of the glacier overlooking 00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:59.220 the drop point. You... We'd be safe, do you think? 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:01.720 We'll establish radio contact with the base, 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:05.279 and then it's just a matter of watching and waiting. 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:13.660 This is a good vantage point. The land is flat 00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:16.839 for miles in all directions down there. Whoever 00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:19.259 comes for those supplies can't help but be seen. 00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:24.660 I do not like the look of the sky, though. We 00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:30.170 say Blizzard should come. be blinded. Samick 00:20:30.170 --> 00:20:34.869 is leaving now. Look, he's waving to us. I have 00:20:34.869 --> 00:20:38.250 a not easy feeling about him. He's the only one 00:20:38.250 --> 00:20:41.410 who knows where we are. You think we can trust 00:20:41.410 --> 00:20:46.230 him? It is strange, is it not? We meet only this 00:20:46.230 --> 00:20:50.849 morning, you and I. Now, here we are, alone and 00:20:50.849 --> 00:21:12.019 not knowing what it is we face. Sometimes, I 00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:23.740 can't see the supplies anymore. My eyes are getting 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:27.799 too old. What can you see? The supplies are gone. 00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:30.940 Someone must have come during the storm and taken 00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:35.599 them. Let's go down there. I am not sure that 00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:38.819 is a wise idea. Why not? I mean, maybe they left 00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:41.779 a clue which way they went. I am beginning to 00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:44.420 think we are dealing with extraordinary people. 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:48.079 No one should be able to find his way in a storm 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:51.539 such as just passed. Even the most experienced 00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:55.279 hunter would have to stop or run the most certain 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:58.759 risk of becoming lost. Don't worry about it. 00:21:58.759 --> 00:22:02.869 I've got a gun. What if armed? will not work 00:22:02.869 --> 00:22:12.890 against such people as we are after. There's 00:22:12.890 --> 00:22:16.650 nothing here. No trace of the supplies Samick 00:22:16.650 --> 00:22:19.349 left. This storm has covered all the tracks. 00:22:20.670 --> 00:22:24.670 Snow and ice as far as we can see. What have 00:22:24.670 --> 00:22:29.349 they done? What is happening? The ground's giving 00:22:29.349 --> 00:22:45.049 way. Cool it back. We're falling. Cool it back? 00:22:45.410 --> 00:22:49.990 No. You're still alive. That's the metaphorical 00:22:49.990 --> 00:22:55.609 beauty of snow. It breaks one's fall. Who are 00:22:55.609 --> 00:23:02.349 you? My name is Raven. Raven? In the mythology 00:23:02.349 --> 00:23:05.029 of the northern peoples, the raven is considered 00:23:05.029 --> 00:23:09.390 a bird which can survive anywhere. It's also 00:23:09.390 --> 00:23:13.690 credited with the creation of a world. Where 00:23:13.690 --> 00:23:18.650 am I? You are in my fortress, the Ice Palace. 00:23:20.069 --> 00:23:25.950 The last thing I remember is falling. Of course. 00:23:27.009 --> 00:23:30.700 Underground. That's how you've escaped detection. 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:37.059 Stand up, and I will show you around. Children 00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:42.000 dream of building snow castles and of defending 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:46.000 them against the world. I have made that dream 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:51.079 a reality. But I've added, as you will see momentarily, 00:23:51.240 --> 00:24:01.240 certain refinement. It's like a maze. And everything 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:04.720 is so white. It's blinding. The entire palace 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:08.720 is simply hollowed out of the snow and ice. Small 00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:11.119 holes in the ceilings allow for ventilation and 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:14.740 carry off the excess heat to prevent the palace 00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:18.579 from melting. The same principle as the igloo, 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:23.680 actually, except, as you can see, my palace is 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:28.549 somewhat larger. And, uh... Is it you who's responsible 00:24:28.549 --> 00:24:31.150 for everything that's been happening? If you 00:24:31.150 --> 00:24:34.369 are referring to the abrupt disappearance of 00:24:34.369 --> 00:24:40.789 one or two rather large bodies of ice? Yes. How? 00:24:41.730 --> 00:24:53.230 How did you do it? Come. I will show you. You 00:24:53.230 --> 00:24:57.500 see before you the work of a lifetime. That just 00:24:57.500 --> 00:25:00.519 looks like a telescope. How could this melt an 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:04.299 iceberg 20 miles long? It came off. Oh, then 00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:08.160 what you are looking at is a machine which, working 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:11.819 on a laser principle, has the capacity to do 00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:14.660 nothing less than neutralize the Earth's protective 00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:21.140 magnetic field. Do you follow me? I'm... I'm 00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:24.619 not sure. The sun bombards us daily with ultraviolet 00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:28.700 rays of such intensity, they would burn our planet 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:31.859 to a crisp, were it not for the ozone in the 00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:35.180 stratosphere. Under normal conditions, ozone 00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:38.099 is produced continuously by the action of solar 00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:43.059 ultraviolet radiation on the oxygen in the air. 00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:49.619 This machine arrests that process. You mean they 00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:52.720 just... opens holes in the atmosphere and lets 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:56.299 deadly ultraviolet radiation pass through undiluted. 00:25:56.700 --> 00:26:00.019 Precisely. A race like the Earth to temperatures 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:06.980 of several thousand degrees. So, that's what 00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:09.619 happened to the Amundsen iceberg. Yes, yes, I 00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:12.079 was testing the width of the hole I could open. 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:16.440 Twenty miles. But I can also adjust it down to 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:19.900 a point with a diameter of no more than... Two 00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:23.819 inches. And that's what happened to Wynn. He 00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:26.099 flew right into the line of ultraviolet radiation. 00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:30.680 And was burned to a crisp. So it was you who 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:38.460 killed him. What happened? One of my minor inventions, 00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:43.940 this small gun. It freezes snow into ice. You 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:47.440 tried to hit me. I simply fired it at your feet. 00:26:48.170 --> 00:26:52.650 And you lost your balance. Why, gods, control 00:26:52.650 --> 00:26:59.390 this man of Hempra. See? I am not entirely alone. 00:27:00.289 --> 00:27:02.410 What's the purpose of all this? What you have 00:27:02.410 --> 00:27:04.769 witnessed were the final tests of my machine. 00:27:05.329 --> 00:27:07.549 I've merely been waiting for the sun to move 00:27:07.549 --> 00:27:10.509 up into the northern hemisphere. Tomorrow I shall 00:27:10.509 --> 00:27:15.390 begin to systematically melt the polar ice cap. 00:27:15.829 --> 00:27:23.170 You're mad. We are all mad. But why? Why? Because 00:27:23.170 --> 00:27:25.890 it's a challenge. Because I don't want others 00:27:25.890 --> 00:27:29.009 to control my destiny. Because the world needs 00:27:29.009 --> 00:27:33.329 a good cleansing periodically. Take your pick. 00:27:34.150 --> 00:27:40.509 Reasons are cheap. I don't deal in reasons. But 00:27:40.509 --> 00:27:45.410 what is it you want? I make no demands. This 00:27:45.410 --> 00:27:48.940 is not a petty case of... international terrorist 00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:54.259 extortion, I will not be bought off. As soon 00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:57.039 as a person makes demands, he makes himself vulnerable. 00:27:57.220 --> 00:28:03.539 And I intend to remain absolutely invincible. 00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:07.900 You're going to flood the entire world. Yes. 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:17.359 Why does that surprise you? Consider the scene. 00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:21.960 Trillions of tons of water released from frozen 00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:27.599 bondage in an instant. Tidal waves sweeping southward. 00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:30.960 Whole buildings toppled by their force. Entire 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:35.019 cities drowned without warning. And when it is 00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:38.799 all over, only those few living in the highest 00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:43.339 mountains are still alive. We can draw only one 00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:46.819 conclusion, literally and figuratively. At this 00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:50.579 moment, the madman raven is sitting on top of 00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:53.720 the world. I shall return shortly with our final 00:28:53.720 --> 00:29:03.039 act. The Bible tells of a great flood. And the 00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:06.779 flood was 40 days upon the earth. And the waters 00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:11.440 increased. And the waters prevailed. All in whose 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:16.990 nostrils was the breath of life died. This cataclysmic 00:29:16.990 --> 00:29:19.769 event was intended as a lesson and a warning, 00:29:19.910 --> 00:29:23.609 but today we tell ourselves it was only a parable. 00:29:24.450 --> 00:29:28.210 However, ancient texts from the Orient also record 00:29:28.210 --> 00:29:32.289 an inundation of the earth by water. So then, 00:29:32.329 --> 00:29:37.109 how improbable is our tale? Have we taken heed 00:29:37.109 --> 00:29:40.829 of the warning? Do we lead better lives today 00:29:40.829 --> 00:29:45.339 than we once did? Raven. You can't be mad enough 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:48.000 to think you actually succeed, can you? On the 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:51.579 contrary, Captain Gates. That is precisely why 00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:55.279 I shall succeed. When the sun rises tomorrow, 00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:59.420 I will turn on my machine, and I will feel what 00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:02.140 no man since the great conquerors of the past 00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:06.599 has felt, the total satisfaction of complete 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:12.500 triumph. And you will be right beside me to witness 00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:24.750 the whole... Terrible scene. Oh, Captain Gates. 00:30:25.190 --> 00:30:29.410 Huh? What? Captain Gates, are you all right? 00:30:30.230 --> 00:30:34.470 Kulabek, you're alive. Yes. I was the first 00:30:34.470 --> 00:30:36.890 to regain consciousness for my mutual fall. 00:30:37.650 --> 00:30:42.029 Did you meet that guy, Raven? Oh, yes. He's crazy. 00:30:42.170 --> 00:30:45.910 He's a stark -waving man. Did you see that machine? 00:30:46.309 --> 00:30:50.609 Yes, yes, and then he brought me here. Oh, I 00:30:50.609 --> 00:30:54.710 see the walls are solid ice and the floors packed 00:30:54.710 --> 00:30:58.430 snow. I have already examined the room with great 00:30:58.430 --> 00:31:02.670 care. What about the door? Could we... He could 00:31:02.670 --> 00:31:06.440 possibly dig out a way out, yes. Well, then. 00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:09.420 But there is no chance of effecting such an escape 00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:12.720 in the short time left to us. And the only one 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:16.200 who knows this location is Samick. He has every 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:19.859 reason to leave us here to die. True, true. He 00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:24.579 knows I can expose him to ridicule. And his business 00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:29.279 with this madman is too profitable. Even if we 00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.700 could get out of this room, we wouldn't know 00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:33.559 how to escape. His palace is like a labyrinth. 00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:38.240 Would you like some fish? What? Since there is 00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:43.240 nothing we can do, you might as well eat. Where 00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:45.680 did you get that? One of the guards brought it 00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:48.539 to me. He will probably bring you one too in 00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:52.380 time. But I've had my fill. So eat the rest of 00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:57.700 mine if you're hungry. Oh, thanks. That's raw. 00:31:57.799 --> 00:32:03.259 It's not even cooked. Oh, forget it. See how 00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:06.519 the oil from this fish collects on the plate. 00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:11.119 And I think of what that man did to Wynn. And 00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:14.940 here we are, helpless. I wonder if I still have... 00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:20.660 Yes, good. I did not lose it when we fell. What 00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:23.960 are those? Pieces of flint. Give me some of the 00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:27.900 flint from your parka. What? Quickly. The guard 00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:30.500 will be coming any minute with your food. It 00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:34.569 will be our last chance. Okay, okay. Here. What 00:32:34.569 --> 00:32:36.549 do you want this for? You listen at the door 00:32:36.549 --> 00:32:39.529 for his footsteps while I try to start the fire. 00:32:40.529 --> 00:32:48.750 Fire? Hey, you're getting spark. Look. A pile 00:32:48.750 --> 00:32:50.869 of bread that's beginning to smolder. Yes. Now 00:32:50.869 --> 00:32:54.569 we let it build. Give me some more threads. Here. 00:32:54.750 --> 00:32:58.029 Here. What can you do with a little fire like 00:32:58.029 --> 00:33:01.220 that? Not enough to melt the walls. Yes, now 00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:04.259 we take the oil and spread it very carefully 00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:08.279 on the floor by the door. And now transfer the 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:14.180 fire. There. What now? Now we let the fire burn 00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:18.680 itself out. What good did that do? Yes, you see. 00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:23.079 It melted snow around the door. And so? Which 00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:26.380 will now, if the guard does not come right away, 00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:37.019 freeze to ice. Here comes the guard now. Stand 00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:40.920 away from the door. I have food, but I am armed. 00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:49.039 Get back. Here is some food for us. No. I've 00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:51.900 got him, Kulabek. Get his gun. Give me the 00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:57.299 gun, Killebeck. Here. Is anyone else in the passageway? 00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:59.839 No. All right, the next question is how to get 00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:01.859 out of this place. Without this man to guide 00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:11.280 us, we will have to find our own way. All these 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:14.559 passages look the same. We're just going around 00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:17.320 in circles. I thought I was going to come through 00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:19.800 and give the alarm. Look, here in the ground. 00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:23.039 Fresh snow in the grooves of these boot springs. 00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:26.960 Hey, if we follow them, perhaps they will lead 00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:31.760 us. To the way out. There. There's a stairway. 00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:41.940 We've made it. Crisp. Fresh 40 below zero there. 00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:44.400 Never felt so good. Quickly, let us get back 00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:47.340 to the radio and contact the base. Call it back. 00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:50.199 There's one thing. You know they won't be able 00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:52.940 to rescue us. I mean, Raven would fry any plane 00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:55.829 till Crisp they try to send in. Oh, Colonel, 00:34:55.869 --> 00:34:57.769 can't be able to do it. Order down every missile 00:34:57.769 --> 00:34:59.789 we've got and obliterate this entire area. Yes, 00:34:59.789 --> 00:35:04.650 I understand. It means we must die. So what are 00:35:04.650 --> 00:35:08.610 we waiting for? This man must be stopped. Let's 00:35:08.610 --> 00:35:19.289 get to the radio. No. No. No. No. It's so in 00:35:19.289 --> 00:35:23.070 front of us. It's hurting. Raven must have discovered 00:35:23.070 --> 00:35:25.469 our escape and turned on his machine. He's coming 00:35:25.469 --> 00:35:28.809 toward us. Quickly. We've got to change directions. 00:35:29.409 --> 00:35:33.190 I cannot turn so fast. I'm too old. Come on. 00:35:33.730 --> 00:35:37.309 He's gaining on us. I cannot. There's only one 00:35:37.309 --> 00:35:39.989 thing to do. If we can make it to the ground 00:35:39.989 --> 00:35:43.909 over the ice palace, we'll be safe. Come on, 00:35:43.909 --> 00:35:51.639 Kulabek. We're there. I mean, the melting of 00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:54.820 stuff. Raven can't bring the ultraviolet rays 00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:57.260 any closer without destroying themselves, too. 00:35:57.420 --> 00:36:00.800 Very clever, Captain Gates. My congratulations. 00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:05.119 I know you've taken my guard's weapon, so I will 00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:09.860 not risk sending anyone up after you. But I don't 00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:13.780 think that will be necessary. What do you mean? 00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:18.480 Your retreat has been cut off. And now I shall 00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:21.659 melt the ice. over all the waters connecting 00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:26.139 us to the land south of here. And then, Captain 00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:30.480 Gates, I'm going to forget about you and get 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:34.920 a decent night's rest. I have a busy day tomorrow. 00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:54.800 I'm losing the feeling in my legs. He says that this is a very 00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:58.400 peaceful way to go. The numbness creeps towards 00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:02.019 the heart. He must agree. Drift off to sleep. 00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:07.539 Please, it is a nice evening to die. You see, 00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:09.920 the northern lights have come out to dance for 00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:14.219 us. Oh, that's the northern lights, eh? I know. 00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:17.619 It's the first time I've ever seen them. You 00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:21.780 see, it is really the ghost dance. Of the departed 00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:25.880 war leaders. Wait a minute. There can't be the 00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:30.440 moment light. Why not? Because we're facing south. 00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:34.920 We are? My eyes are not what they used to be. 00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:40.380 But then, what is it? It's a flashing light. 00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:44.519 Like someone sending a signal. Can you see you? 00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:50.320 No. It's too dark and they're too far away. If 00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:52.320 only there was some way to get there. There may 00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:59.440 be. Can you ride? I think so. But how could we 00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:02.820 get there? I find very quickly up here. It is 00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:05.719 just possible. It has already begun to reform 00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:16.699 over the waters where Raven melted it. We will 00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:22.119 have to cross. I don't know if I'm going to make 00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:25.280 it. Go back. My hands have gone numb now, too. 00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:29.739 We must keep moving. Careful, careful. Careful, 00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:33.179 stretch out. It's getting thinner. We're halfway 00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:36.340 across the water. Is the light still flashing? 00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:41.800 Yes. But last of us, whoever it is, is getting 00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:47.219 discouraged. We must try to move faster. Go back. 00:38:47.849 --> 00:38:51.030 The ice is broke. Don't move. Stay flat on your 00:38:51.030 --> 00:38:53.750 stomach. We can only hope it is thick enough 00:38:53.750 --> 00:38:58.550 to stay afloat. We're drifting. But the water 00:38:58.550 --> 00:39:03.250 is coming over the top. It's freezing. What was 00:39:03.250 --> 00:39:08.570 that? It's a harpoon. Can you reach it? I think 00:39:08.570 --> 00:39:13.489 so. Yes. Got it. Hold fast. Whoever was flashing 00:39:13.489 --> 00:39:16.849 that light must have seen us. Hey, hey. I can 00:39:16.849 --> 00:39:19.989 feel a touch. They're pulling us in. Hold on. 00:39:20.469 --> 00:39:25.590 Don't let go. My hands are about to bubble. What 00:39:25.590 --> 00:39:29.010 could this person be? Well, it's one of Raven's 00:39:29.010 --> 00:39:34.670 men. Hello! Captain! Captain Gates! It is Samick! 00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:51.139 As I was sailing back to the village, I began 00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:54.000 to think, who am I that steal the food of my 00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:57.360 neighbors to sell to a man I have never seen? 00:39:57.860 --> 00:40:01.579 You began to ask questions. Yes. And certainly 00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:04.199 the money he was paying me did not seem like 00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:08.099 so much. You know, I would have to tell the others 00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:11.559 that it was you who raided the cache. It was 00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:14.400 a temptation to leave you there, Kulebek, and 00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:18.059 try to keep the truth hidden. But you are a tough 00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:21.119 old crow, and I knew you would manage to return 00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:25.099 somehow, so it might as well be in my boat. And 00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:29.860 that, too, I will tell the others. Almost, John. 00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:35.219 Sam, how close are we to the base? Look! You 00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:49.079 can see the light now. Joe, it's good to see 00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:51.820 you and Kulabek alive. Oh, these dry clothes 00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:55.099 feel great. What's happening? Do you know that 00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:57.739 you two are responsible for a military first? 00:40:58.460 --> 00:41:01.000 Russia and the United States have joined together 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:03.380 and are sending in missiles from all directions 00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:06.619 simultaneously. This Raven fellow will never 00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:08.599 be able to fend them all off, even with that 00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:15.489 machine of his. Joe, what are you thinking? I'm 00:41:15.489 --> 00:41:18.690 thinking of Wynn, Colonel, and the terrible way 00:41:18.690 --> 00:41:24.050 in which he died. As I know, he was a good man 00:41:24.050 --> 00:41:28.710 and a good officer. Gentlemen, look here, out 00:41:28.710 --> 00:41:34.269 of the window. The sunrise. A few hours ago, 00:41:34.449 --> 00:41:39.769 we thought we would never live to see it. I think 00:41:39.769 --> 00:41:43.460 I speak for all of us when I say that... That 00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:47.079 is the most beautiful sunrise I've ever seen. 00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:54.579 There's a story about a certain confident candidate 00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:58.139 for the presidency. He retired early on election 00:41:58.139 --> 00:42:01.840 eve, sure that he'd won. In the morning, a gentleman 00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:04.559 called, only to be told by the candidate's equally 00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:08.019 arrogant son, I'm sorry, the president can't 00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:11.780 see you. He's still asleep. Well, replied the 00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:14.739 caller, when he wakes up, you can tell him he 00:42:14.739 --> 00:42:18.619 isn't president anymore. Raven, too, made the 00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:22.440 mistake of retiring too early. I shall return 00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:28.400 shortly. The Queen of Sheba put a riddle to the 00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:33.059 wise Solomon. What land has seen the sun but 00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:37.380 once since the creation of the world? Solomon 00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:42.010 answered. the land beneath the Red Sea, for it 00:42:42.010 --> 00:42:45.690 saw the sun only on the day God parted the waters 00:42:45.690 --> 00:42:50.349 for the children of Israel. A great deal of land 00:42:50.349 --> 00:42:54.849 almost saw the sun for the last time in our story 00:42:54.849 --> 00:42:58.869 today. Our cast included Tony Roberts, Earl Hammond, 00:42:58.909 --> 00:43:02.329 Arnold Moss, and Ian Martin. The entire production 00:43:02.329 --> 00:43:06.070 was under the direction of Hyman Brown. This 00:43:06.070 --> 00:43:08.889 is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:43:08.889 --> 00:43:12.090 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:43:12.090 --> 00:43:17.809 macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.