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Alaska Glacier

The Alaska glacier melts and collapses, breaching a glacial lake that floods downstream communities. Senior staff—Josh, Leo, Will, and C.J.—receive an urgent briefing on the disaster in Leo's office. Tension spikes as they absorb the crisis scope before Will shifts focus. The glacier remains remote, cited solely as the originating hazard with no direct handling.

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S4E18 · Privateers

Kachadee Outburst — Leo Briefed on a Melting Glacier

The Alaska Glacier is invoked as the origin of the dam; Josh explains the dam 'was part of a glacier' and that the glacier melted — converting a geological abstraction into a politically charged cause that reframes the incident as climate-linked.

Before: Present but in retreat/melting (implied long-term degradation).

After: Partially melted/failed in a way that precipitated the dam collapse and outburst.

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S4E18 · Privateers

Pirates, Privateers, and the DAR Distraction

The Alaska Glacier functions as the implied causal agent in Josh's briefing: its melting is described as the upstream process that weakened the natural dam and precipitated the outburst. It is the scientific backdrop against which staff must balance policy, rescue, and PR.

Before: Part of the region's long-term ice mass, slowly retreating but not yet the proximate cause of an emergency in staff conversations.

After: Represented as melted sufficiently to destabilize the dam, now named as the underlying cause of the emergency requiring federal response.

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