Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26797089-20150721140615/@comment-3496661-20150723113521

Well in the same episode, which is actually Episode 19 to be exact, you can see a large icy ocean when Tex is fighting Wash and Meta. It is more easily seen when Doc throws Wash the tow cable and saves him. This pretty much confirms that there is water on Sidewinder.

The jeep could've dragged Meta down far enough where he couldn't reach the top, added by the fact that he was wearing heavy armor with ice cold water rushing down into the multiple puncture holes/wounds in his body; this would also slow him down and drown him fast enough.