:18:01
- I beg your pardon?
- The General's little dog.
:18:04
My duties do not extend
to the General's little dog.
:18:07
Can you tell us
what your duties are, Captain?
:18:09
I'm to maintain radio contact
with the General...
:18:11
at prearranged times
and prearranged wavelengths.
:18:14
- What times, Captain?
- Two hours on, two hours off.
:18:16
What wavelength are they using, Captain?
:18:19
I'm not authorized to tell you that.
:18:21
Press information will be limited
to the position of the airship...
:18:24
and the weather conditions prevailing.
:18:25
By noon tomorrow, the airship is expected
to be nearing its objective.
:18:30
It has now successfully completed 250 miles.
:18:38
Our coordinates, please.
:18:40
27 degrees west of Greenwich,
latitude 84 degrees, 20 minutes.
:18:48
Height: 750 feet.
:18:54
Airspeed: 80 miles an hour.
:18:58
Up elevators. Go to 1,300 feet.
:19:05
Dr. Malmgren...
:19:06
there's a message, sir,
from Tromso Institute.
:19:12
Tromso Institute reports
the high-pressure area...
:19:15
is becoming unstable.
:19:16
But they also say that the wind should hold
until we reach the Pole.
:19:20
Good.
:19:24
Dense cloud, 3,000 feet,
forming on horizon to starboard.
:19:30
- 88 degrees, 10 minutes north, General.
- 44 miles to the pole.
:19:35
There. It looks like
you're very lucky, General.
:19:39
Put on your furs, gentlemen.
:19:44
- Troiani, go down to 400 meters.
- Yes, sir.
:19:47
- Captain Zappi.
- Yes, sir?
:19:51
- Get the anchor lines ready.
- Yes, sir. Out mooring ropes.
:19:54
Biagi, we're approaching the Pole.
All engines minimum speed.
:19:58
Troiani, prepare the basket for lowering.