Dead Dreams

Atypical 4×5

Sam: Adaptation means changing to increase your chances of survival in a specific environment. Animals are way better at that than us humans. Way better...
     You probably already know this, but the fish in Antarctica are evolutionary wonders. Over 90% have developed an antifreeze protein in their blood that prevents them from freezing to death in the icy water. Now that's what I call adapting. ....
     Adaptation happens when there's no other choice, when it's change or die. Us humans, we usually just die.

Doug: Wow, Argentina, that's cool.
Sam: Cooler even than you think.

Elsa: So you figured out your project?
Sam: Yes. My proposal centers around this colony. The emperor penguins in Antarctica are in danger of extinction due to climate change. I will document this colony using my art in order to capture their essence. In 80 years, they might not exist. That sounds like a long time, but it's not. I'll be dead, but just by a little. You two will be long gone.
Casey: Wow, this is really cool, Sam. It kind of makes me want to go to Antarctica.

Elsa: Um, well, Sam's... Sam has some very ambitious plans lately, and it's got me thinking about dreams, a young person's dreams. We all had them. We were all that starry-eyed kid, right? So, we know what happens. They die. Dreams die. They get crushed under the bootheel of real life. That's why they're called "dreams" and not "what actually happened." None of us get what we want. We all end up disappointed. And that's okay. That's reality.

Zahid: Who?
Sam: Niles Blanderman. He was an Australian polar explorer who went missing in the 1950s. They found him frozen under eight feet of ice. His corpse was almost perfectly preserved.
Zahid: Yeesh. Does that happen a lot?
Sam: Freezing, yes. Finding, no.

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