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"They probably panicked and abandoned ship at sea," Giord'L-o theorized

"Nothing points to a panic," said Pitt "The galley could pass a general inspection"

"Can you penetrate the rest of the ship?"

"There's a hatchway in the forward bulkhead I' to see what's on the other side"

He leaned down and ducked through the low and narrow opening, carefully pulling his lifeline and air hose after hiht froht belt and swept its beam around a small compartment

"I'm now in so just short of my knees I can see tools, yes, the ship's carpenter's tools, spare anchors, a large steelyard ' "Steelyard?" Giordino broke in

"A balance scale that hangs from a hook"

"Got you"

"There's also an assort Hold on while I document"

A narroooden ladder led upward through an opening in the main deck

After shooting tape, he cautiously tested it, surprised to find it still stout enough to support his weight

Pitt slowly clis and poked his head into the shattered remains of a deck cabin Little was visible except a few buried bits of

debris The cabin had been nearly crushed flat by the build up of ice

He dropped down and waded through another hatch that opened into the cargo hold He swung the dive light's beam from Starboard to port and instantly went numb from shock

It was not only a cargo hold