the american oil company kic corporation be build an ice road to explore the remote northern artic national wildlife refuge seek energy independence . independent environmentalist work together in a drilling base head by the tough ed pollack ( ron perlman ) in a sort of agreement with the government and approving procedure and send report of the operation . when one insane team member be find dead naked on the snow and the environmentalist james hoffman ( james le gros ) suspect that sour gas may have be accidentally release in the spot provoke hallucination and insanity in the group . after a second fatal incident and he convince ed to travel with the team to a hospital for examination . however and weird event happen trap the group in the base . the last winter be intriguing and begin like the thing blend with an inconvenient truth in wonderful location in iceland . then the story shift to a rip off of the shining and end in a complete and disappointing ambiguous mess . ron perlman play an unpleasant character and and it be impossible to feel any empathy for ed pollack . it seem that the unknown director and writer larry fessenden be also affect by the hallucinogen gas of the story and end the movie completely mad and show a weak answer of the nature in spite of have a plot with great potential . my vote be four . title ( brazil ) represent colapso no ártico ( collapse in the artic ) .