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The Importance of Remembering Names
Taglines
Ice Station Zebra"... Remember The Name—Your Life May Depend On It!
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International Collaboration in Technology and Espionage
David Jones
The Russians put our camera made by our German scientists and your film made by your German scientists into their satellite made by their German scientists.
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Inquiry About Arrival at Ice Barrier
David Jones
May I ask, Captain, when we expect to reach the ice barrier?
Cmdr. Ferraday
Yes, you may ask.
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Distress Signals from Ice Station Zebra
Admiral Garvey
Jim, just how much do you know about Ice Station Zebra?
Cmdr. Ferraday
Just what's been in the papers, sir. Drift Ice Station Zebra: British civilian weather station over the North Pole. They're in some sort of trouble, apparently.
Admiral Garvey
Trouble, yes. They've been sending out distress signals; but, too weak and garbled to make much sense. Something has gone wrong up there, that's for sure.
Cmdr. Ferraday
Those men up there must be pretty important.
Admiral Garvey
They're not the reason you're going. They're just the excuse.
Cmdr. Ferraday
Well then, what is the reason sir?
Admiral Garvey
Oh, I can't tell you that. But I can tell you this: it is important - vitally.
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Impressed but Not Enlightened
Commander James Ferraday
All right sir, I'm impressed. Not enlightened, but impressed.
[after reading the name of the person who authorized the mission]
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The Nature of Control and Resistance
Boris Vaslov
It seems almost benevolent.
Cmdr. Ferraday
In that state, yes. Confined, controlled, shielded. But it is ] and it hates being confined even more than you do.
[[w:Nuclear fission|nuclear fission]
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First Name Basis in Command
Commander James Ferraday
We operate on a first name basis. My first name is Captain.
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Experience in Unfamiliar Waters
Commander James Ferraday
To Commander Ferraday: This is a nuclear submarine. None of us have been aboard any kind of sub before. Commander Ferraday: Rest easy! I have!
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Trust and Identity in Conversation
Boris Vaslov
You have a distrustful character.
David Jones
I have no character. I assume one.
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The Consequences of Words in Crisis
Col. Ostrovsky
Commander Ferraday, this is not the time or place to play with words. You have undoubtedly discovered by now that the capsule will explode if opened. I believe your expression is: booby trap.
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Submarine Safety and Deception Explained
Cmdr. Ferraday
There's one thing that cannot happen on board a submarine by accident... is both ends of a torpedo tube open to the sea at the same time!
David Jones
You cross-connect the hydraulic manifold to the outside door mechanism so that the indicator reads shut when the door is actually open. The same sort of electrical cross on these two panels, and the open position reads green when it should flash red. Then you plug up the inlet to the test cock with chewing gum, sealing wax, anything... just so that it shows a dribble. And then you open the tube, and good night.
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Departure from a Distant Place
Col. Ostrovsky
My men and myself will be picked up within the hour.
Cmdr. Ferraday
And we'll be on our way. We're a long way from home.
Col. Ostrovsky
We both are, Commander. Dasvidania.
David Jones
Until you - meet again.
Cmdr. Ferraday
Yes - until we meet again.
David Jones
Dasvidania.
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Commander asserts control after crisis.
Commander James Ferraday
One of my men is dead! Three of them are badly hurt and my ship damn near wiped out. Now you take another look at those orders. I'm in command of this submarine and I am not sticking another torpedo up that spout or taking another chance making another damned move until I know exactly what we're doing and why!
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The Nature of Danger in Harsh Environments
David Jones
Where were you stationed, Captain, before you were picked up in transit?
Capt. Leslie Anders
Asia
David Jones
Ah, then you haven't been on the ice before either.
Capt. Leslie Anders
No, Sir. A bullet goes just as fast up here as it does down there.
David Jones
Not quite. An insignificant difference, perhaps, but I think you'll find the operational characteristics of the M-16 indicate that a bullet will decelerate as much as 40 feet per second per second faster in these climate conditions. It's denser air, you know.
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The Fate of the Bull and Steer
Boris Vaslov
They say - a bull in the ring dies a much better death, than a steer in a slaughterhouse. A bull has a chance.
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Expertise in Submarines and Deception
Cmdr. Ferraday
It wasn't sealing wax. It wasn't chewing gum. It was epoxy glue. And all of a sudden you know a whole damn lot about submarines.
David Jones
I know how to wreck them, and I know how to lie, steal, kidnap, counterfeit, suborn and kill. That's my job. I do it with great pride.
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Race for the Secret at Ice Station Zebra
Taglines
An American nuclear sub.. a sky full of Russian paratroopers—and a race for the secret of Ice Station Zebra!
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Identity and Deception in Code Names
David Jones
Jones. Bad name. Bad connotations. I once killed a man called Jones. Though not for that reason, of course.
Cmdr. Ferraday
That's not your name?
David Jones
Isn't that obvious? It's a - it's a code cover name. Brilliant deception, don't you think? Jones.
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Race for Secrets or Destruction
Taglines
It's a race for the secret ... or TOTAL DESTRUCTION!
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