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The watch officer tapped a dial on the instru"

"How far can you see on that thing?" Dover asked Pitt

"We read the seabed six hundred "

"Then we're cutting a swath nearly two thirds of a mile wine"

"Close enough," Pitt admitted

"We should have detected the ship by now," Dover said irritably

"Maybe we missed it"

"No need to get uptight," Pitt said He paused, leaned over the co in this world is more elusive than a shipwreck that isn't ready to be found

Deducing the arten stuff co a lost derelict under hundreds of square et lucky early Most of the time you don't"

"Very poetic," Dover said dryly

Pitt stared at the overhead bulkhead for a long and considering moment "What's the visibility under the water surface?"

"The water turns crystal fifty yards from shore On the flood tine I've seen a hundred feet or better"

"I'd like to borrow your copter and take aerial photos of this area"

"Why bother?" Dover said curtly "Semper Paratus, Always Ready, is not the Coast Guard's h a doorway "We have charts showing three thousand miles of Alaskan coastline in color and incredible detail, courtesy of satellite reconnaissance"

Pitt nodded for Giordino to take his place in front of the hydro scan as he rose and followed the Catawba's skipper into a s nautical charts