▁and ▁drives ▁into ▁an ▁ icy ▁lake . ▁Mon roe ▁then ▁proceed s , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁head ▁boy ▁Vincent ▁Arm our y , ▁to ▁save ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁the ▁school ' s ▁debate ▁team , ▁who ▁were ▁on ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁a ▁competition , ▁before ▁they ▁all ▁d rown . ▁When ▁Arm our y ▁is ▁hit ▁in ▁the ▁head ▁during ▁the ▁operation , ▁Mon roe ▁pull s ▁him ▁from ▁the ▁water , ▁admin ister s ▁the ▁kiss ▁of ▁life ▁and ▁passes ▁out . ▁Mon roe ' s ▁hero ic ▁effort ▁in ▁the ▁rescue ▁of ▁twelve ▁children ▁results ▁in ▁him ▁coming ▁to ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁Doctor ▁Jimmy ▁Kin ca id , ▁million aire ▁owner ▁of ▁a ▁team ▁named ▁S OS , ▁which ▁eng ages ▁in ▁ris ky ▁rescue ▁operations ▁on ▁a ▁world wide ▁scale . ▁ ▁Mon roe ' s ▁first ▁mission ▁is ▁to ▁search ▁for ▁the ▁missing ▁" E den " ▁satellite , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁meas uring ▁green house ▁g ases ▁in ▁the ▁Earth ' s ▁atmosphere . ▁Dep loyment ▁for ▁the ▁mission ▁doesn ' t ▁go ▁to ▁plan ▁and ▁Mon roe ▁ends ▁up ▁str and ed ▁in ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Rock ies ▁with ▁fellow ▁te en - aged ▁S OS ▁member , ▁Kat ya , ▁who ▁somewhat ▁res ents ▁his ▁presence ▁on ▁the ▁mission . ▁While ▁trying ▁to ▁succeed ▁where ▁the ▁adult s ▁have ▁failed , ▁the ▁te en agers ▁run ▁into ▁armed ▁men , ▁wol ves ▁and ▁a ▁twice - the - us ual - size ▁polar ▁bear . ▁