When a solar eclipse sends a colossal blast of super chilled air towards the earth, it sets off a catastrophic chain of events that threatens to engulf the world in ice! A US research vessel sits on a calm Antarctic Ocean studying the thinning of the ozone when suddenly a blast of sub zero air strikes the vessel, causing the horrific and instant deaths of the crew.When Jack Tate (Michael Shanks, Stargate SG1), a brilliant, yet troubled physicist learns about the bizarre deaths of his colleagues, he tries desperately to piece together the chain of events. Connecting a solar eclipse to a sudden drop in temperature of the mesosphere, and a rip in the ozone layer, Jack concludes that these elements have combined to create the ultimate disaster - a new ice age!