Ice Station Zebra
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- And we turned our attention to...
- Zebra.

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At the North Pole.
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The innocent civilian weather station.
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Isolated from the world...
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...studying the weather
and the movement of the ice pack.

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Perfect cover for the Russians.
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Ten days ago...
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...a Dr. R.A. Goodwin appeared
and applied for permission...

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...to do some research here. A university
professor of impeccable qualifications...

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...he was immediately accepted
and flown up the next day.

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- You knew he was their agent?
- Ever since he became impeccable.

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Now, we knew exactly
where they would drop the satellite.

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Then three of your men of impeccable
qualifications came up the next day.

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No. Same day, same flight.
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- Goodwin didn't suspect?
- What difference does it make?

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If he sent for reinforcements,
we'd send them too.

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He'd escalate, we'd escalate,
and soon somebody pushes a button.

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We have a very strict code of ethics
in our game, captain.

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We usually know what cards
the other man holds...

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...but we always keep our aces
up both sleeves.

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The Russians positioned their satellite
for reentry.

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At 4:23 in the morning, three days ago.
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And an Arctic storm appeared
and obliterated the whole scene.

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There you have it. Silence.
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No communication for six hours,
then garbled calls for help.

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Fire, disaster, death.
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Calls to both sides.
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Here we are.
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Then when the storm clears
and the wind dies...

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...that's when the first Russian planes
will arrive.

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Planes are standing by on both sides.
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The storm is clearing from the west.
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- Siberia.
- Exactly.

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Then Halliwell got to the film first
and Goodwin shot him.

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If he was first. If Goodwin was first,
then Halliwell was killed trying to get it.

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In any event, there was a shooting match
out in the snow...

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...and Goodwin came out of it alive.
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- Wounded, but alive.
- But he got caught in the fire too.

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I believe he started the fire
to obliterate the evidence.

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Burn down the whole camp.
Live on the supplies he'd stacked away.


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