You'll have to bring the map along to the SMD2 so we can all look at it. Would be interesting to see the exact flight course up and over the pole. (Do we fly over Wassilla, AK?) Had the same problem with my IFE and lights which were very temperamental on my YYZ-HKG flight last week and needed rebooting a couple of times before they worked properly. Wasn't 8D by any chance your mother was in?