Extinction
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Woolly mammoth researchers in Siberia are dying from a mysterious and rapidly destructive bone disease. Dr. Drew Chambers, a New York City orthopedist, is sent to the Arctic by the investment firm funding the mammoth expedition in exchange for long-awaited research grants. Chambers identifies the source of the infectious bone disease, but not before the investment firm shuts down all expedition communications and supply access in an attempt to cover up the incident. The clock begins ticking as the orthopedist and the remaining researchers fight for their lives thousand of miles from civilization. But will they survive the triple threat - the bone disease, the Arctic elements, and armed men determined to eliminate the evidence of their experiment gone awry?
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