:29:05
How long do these communication
blackouts last?
:29:08
Seen it go a couple of weeks before.
:29:10
Once in a while
there's intermittent signals...
:29:12
that last long enough to make contact
with the Brits at McMurdo.
:29:15
Till then we're totally cut off?
:29:16
When it gets like this,
nothing can get in or out.
:29:19
Sno-Cats are useless,
and they wouldn't chance an icebreaker.
:29:22
I can't believe how much it's melted.
You can almost see inside it now.
:29:27
Am I crazy, or does this thing
seem to be giving off a low-grade impulse?
:29:31
I can feel it in my joints.
:29:33
It's really strong if you touch it. Careful.
:29:37
Was the signal harmonic
when you first intercepted it?
:29:40
- No.
- What does that mean?
:29:42
Two or more separate frequencies
combined in one signal.
:29:45
I think one's a locator pulse
and the other's plain text.
:29:49
- An actual message.
- It's a lot of work just to create a hoax.
:29:55
This is no hoax.
:29:58
How long do you think it would take us
to rig up some kind of a horn antenna?
:30:01
Hard line here?
:30:02
If I can't communicate with the satellite,
I'll have to intercept the signal here.
:30:06
There's an old dismantled one
in maintenance.
:30:09
Abell and me can rig it up
in a few hours, I guess.
:30:11
What are you gonna do?
:30:13
Try and find out what's buried
in the harmonic.
:30:16
How?
:30:18
Mathematics.
:30:37
- Any luck?
- No.
:30:55
The primary signal's...
:30:57
almost too obvious.
:30:59
It's like some sort of beacon.