"Ice" is the eighth episode of the first season of The X-Files which was originally broadcast on November 5, 1993. It dealt with extraterrestrial parasitic organisms. It was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong and directed by David Nutter. Guest stars included Xander Berkeley and Felicity Huffman.
A team of scientists working for the Arctic Ice Core Project in Alaska inexplicably and violently kill each other and themselves. After reviewing dis...
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"Ice" is the eighth episode of the first season of The X-Files which was originally broadcast on November 5, 1993. It dealt with extraterrestrial parasitic organisms. It was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong and directed by David Nutter. Guest stars included Xander Berkeley and Felicity Huffman.
A team of scientists working for the Arctic Ice Core Project in Alaska inexplicably and violently kill each other and themselves. After reviewing disturbing tapes of their final transmissions, Agents Mulder and Scully head to the outpost during a three day window between Arctic storms. Accompanying them are Dr. Hodge, a medical doctor; Dr. DaSilva, a toxicologist; Dr. Murphy, a professor of geology; and Bear, the only pilot willing to fly them up there.
Upon entering the outpost, the group find the bodies of the scientists, as well as with a dog that attacks Mulder and Bear. Upon tranquilizing the dog, Scully notices black nodules, a symptom of the bubonic plague. The group also notice...
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