Ep 8. Carrier

In Arctic Circle season 1 episode 8 titled "Carrier," the situation on the island is getting worse by the day. The deadly virus is spreading rapidly, and the team must act fast if they hope to contain it. Their investigation leads them to a cargo ship where they suspect the virus originated from.

As the team boards the ship, they face many obstacles, including the language barrier and the reluctance of the ship's crew to cooperate. The situation becomes even more complicated when they discover that the ship's cargo was intended for a shipment to a pharmaceutical company. Are they dealing with a biological weapon?

Meanwhile, the situation with Nina and her daughter is becoming more dangerous. They are still being pursued by a group of people who are after the valuable genetic material Nina and her daughter possess. The team must find a way to protect them before it's too late.

As the investigation unfolds, tensions rise between the team members, and they begin to question each other's motives. It becomes clear that not everyone is in this for the same reasons, and some may have their own hidden agendas.

The team discovers that the virus is not a biological weapon but is actually a mutated form of the common cold. This revelation leads them to suspect that the cargo ship's crew may be involved in the outbreak. But when they confront them, they deny any involvement and claim that they were simply transporting the cargo as instructed.

As they continue to investigate, the team uncovers a sinister plot involving a pharmaceutical company and a scientist who was conducting illegal experiments on the virus. The company was trying to develop a cure for the common cold, but their experiments went terribly wrong, leading to the virus mutating into a deadly strain.

With this new information, the team must race against time to find the scientist and stop the company from releasing the deadly virus into the world. They face many challenges along the way, including confrontations with armed guards and the company's CEO.

In the end, the team manages to stop the virus from spreading, but not without losing one of their own. The experience has changed them all, and they realize that they cannot let their guard down when it comes to dangerous pathogens. As they leave the island, they leave behind a cautionary tale of the dangers that can arise from the quest for scientific knowledge.