http://archive-server.liveatc.net/kl...2011-1500Z.mp3
According to flightaware, he was climbing through 17 when the track stops.
I think you hear him try to declare an emergency at about 03:43. There is a lot of talk about icing at 17,000. One pilot reports it as severe. If I'm not mistaken, the operations in severe icing are prohibited in the 700.