that long, hard, awkward winter

In Ice Station Zebra, Alistair MacLean’s 1963 adventure novel turned into a 1968 ‘man’s man movie’ with Rock Hudson, Ernie Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan and Jim Brown, all the US military had to concern themselves with was getting their submarine to some trapped scientists at a godforsaken polar research base while avoiding Commies, jagged ice floes and pesky penguins.
Now comes news [...]