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"So there were two of us," he mused aloud to the eht meal service" Then he shook his head in wonderod, how quaint"

At first no one paid any attention to the tiny blur that crept across the outer edge of the sidescan sonar's recording paper

Six hours into the search they had found several manmade objects Parts of the downed aircraft that were pinpointed for retrieval, a sunken fishing trawler, bits and pieces of junk thrown over by fishing fleets seeking shelter in the fjord from storms, all were identified by video camera and eliminated

The last ano on the bottom of the fjord as expected

It sat inside a small inlet encircled by sheer cliffs Only one end protruded into clear water; the rest was buried under a wall of ice

Pitt was the first to realize its significance He was sitting in front of the recorder, surrounded by Giordino, Coists He spoke into a transmitter

"Swing the fish, bearing one-five-zero degrees"

The Polar Explorer was still stationary in the icebound fjord Outside on the pack a teah the ice and lowered the sensing unit into the water Very slowly they swung the fish, as they called it, scanning a 360-degree grid After searching one area, they unreeled ain at another site farther away from the ship

Sied Pitts command and twisted the cable until the fish's sonar probes were trained at 150 degrees

"How's this?" he queried

"You're right on target," Pitt replied from the ship

Seen froet became more distinct Pitt circled it with a black felt pen

"I think we've got so"

Gronquistto identify

What do you make of it?"