Noose of Ice

The Hotspot Mining Complex, situated at the North Pole, is responsible for producing from the only existing natural source, commercial quantities of tritonium alloy, which is being used for constructing the nose casings for a rocket. General Rebus, the commander-in-chief of the Space Administration, is hoping to send the rocket to Mars, presumably to perform in-depth research assignments regarding the Mysterons. Captains Scarlet and Blue travel to the North Pole to act as security supervisors, in the inevitable time that the Mysterons may strike upon the complex, which they do when they take control over a maintenance engineer and instruct him to disconnect the massively high voltage current power lines between the booster power station and the tower. The 100,000 volt current is crucially-needed, as the heating rods located under the tower keeping the below-freezing ice at bay, and when the current is distorted, the ice will surround the tower, slowly but surely crushing the structure

Le complexe minier de Hotspot, situé au pôle Nord, est responsable de la production à partir de la seule source naturelle existante, de quantités commerciales d'alliage de tritonium, qui est utilisé pour la construction des tubes de nez d'une fusée. Le général Rebus, commandant en chef de l'Administration spatiale, espère envoyer la fusée sur Mars, probablement pour effectuer des recherches approfondies sur les Mysterons.

Een onderzeese mijn op de noordpool, waar een zeldzaam metaal wordt gewonnen dat nodig is voor de volgende reis naar Mars, wordt het doelwit van de Mysterons. Ze saboteren het verwarmingselement van de mijn waardoor het water rondom de mijn bevriest en de toren dreigt te verpletteren.

Los Marcianos atentan contra una mina ártica de la que se está extrayendo un metal que será utilizado para construir una nueva flota espacial terrestre.