Ice Station Zebra (1968)

Lloyd Nolan: Admiral Garvey

Quotes 

• 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.

• Admiral Garvey : Pour you a drink?

  Cmdr. Ferraday : Yes, sir.

  Admiral Garvey : I'm a bourbon man, myself; but, when in Scotland...

  Cmdr. Ferraday : Mists of the Scottish moors. It does it for me! Cheers.

• 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.