Passage to Mars Page #2

Why do you wanna be

so much on the ice?

I'm just ready to get

the Humvee there.

To get everything done

said and done, and safely.

And I'm ready to see

this thing go.

I'm ready to see it in action.

If it's fixable,

Jesse will fix it.

Joe Amarualik.

Joe's an Inuk from Resolute

Bay and a Canadian Ranger

in the High Arctic.

A man of few words,

but they're all important.

His job is to find us

a safe path

through the cracked

and jumbled ice.

The ice keeps

building up my lens.

Mark Carroll.

He's filmed in the most

remote corners of our planet

and that's what

he's gotta do now

keep filming

no matter what happens.

His energy is impressive.

Jean-Christophe Jeauffre.

He has led many expeditions

around the world

making his first

polar voyage with us.

A keen naturalist

and adventurer.

He's here to tell our story.

So we're gonna leave

in a few minutes.

How do you feel?

Oh, this is a, a great moment.

Once this rover is on Devon

we'll be able to use it

with the other rover we have

the Mars-1, and, and learn

how to do Mars exploration.

To me, that's the most

exciting thing.

As for me, my job, basically,

is to get everyone in trouble.

Our route, the infamous

Northwest Passage.

The maze of seaways

connecting the Atlantic

and Pacific Oceans

that lured so many explorers

to their doom.

We only have a few weeks

to reach Devon

before the sea ice breaks up.

Everybody's ready?

We keep looking

at the camera, right?

Yes.

Daddy will come back soon.

Saa, Joe's five-year-old

son, has seen his dad

go on the land many times.

Saa is already

an expert on Mars.

Fingers crossed,

he'll get there one day.

Inuit are born explorers.

At 1 p.m., we officially

entered the Northwest Passage.

Somewhere below us,

in the dark Arctic abyss

lie the crew and ships

of John Franklin's

doomed expedition.

One hundred and twenty-seven

men and two powerful vessels

disappeared here in 1846.

They were looking

for the Northwest Passage.

John grew up reading

about the Northwest Passage.

He's about to find out

what all the fuss was about.

We have chosen to leave behind

our normal lives

with no regrets,

and lots of hopes.

As we advance into the unknown

it also dawns on me,

more than ever before

that the lives of my companions

are in my hands.

I have their trust.

I must live up to it.

You know that saying about

how failure isn't an option?

In fact, failure is always

an option.

Midnight.

Almost as bright as day.

The sun won't set for months.

The Arctic is hypnotic.

Mars will be beautiful too.

But beyond dangerous,

as in deadly.

8:
30 a.m.

We're making better progress

today

but our fuel consumption

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