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Giordino was an old hand at reading Pittsaround"

"Won't hurt to ask"

Knight gave Pitt the benefit of a hard stare "Mind what you say"

"I have our geological survey story down pat"

"And the aircraft passengers and crew?"

"They were all trapped aht on by exposure to the frigid water"

"I think he's ready for the big sting," said Giordino dryly "Good,"

Knight nodded "You've got the right idea Just don't suggest anything they have no reason to know"

Pitt opened the cargo door and gave a casual nod "Don't wait up Then he stepped into the cold

"Persistent cuss," Knight muttered "I didn't know Pitt was interested in antiquities"

Giordino gazed through the cockpitas Pitt set off across the fjord Then he sighed

"Neither did he"

The ice field was firood ti rolling in froht sunshine to a blinding blizzard within minutes and obliterate all land lost without even a compass, and he increased his pace

A pair of white gyrfalcons soared above hiroup of birds that re the harsh winter

Moving in a southerly direction, he crossed the shoreline and kept his bearings on the sists' hut The distant and indistinct s end of a telescope