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"The helicopter pilot?"

"Yes, Al will see that your gear is taken to your quarters Now if you'll followwar puzzle"

"After you"

Dr Mel Redfem towered over Pitt and had to duck halfway to his navel when he passed through a hatch His blond hair had receded to a 's peak and he wore designer glasses in front of gray-blue eyes His long body was still reasonably triht but noticeable paunch

A for for the pros to earn his doctorate in anthropology, Redfem later turned his considerable talents to underwater exploration and beca experts in classical y

"Did you have a good flight from Athens to Reykjavik?" asked Pitt

"Slept through most of that one," answered Redfem "It was the ride in the navy patrol plane from Iceland to the Eskimo settlement a hundred miles to the south of here that damned near turned me into an ice cube

I hope I can borrow so I packed for the sunny islands of Greece and didn't plan for a rush trip to the Arctic Circle"

"Coht, the ship's skipper, can fix you up

What were you working on?"

"A second-century BC Greek o of marble sculptures" Redferill Pitt- "You didn't state in your radio "

"Except for the bodies of the crew, I found the cargo hold empty"

"Can't have it all your way," Redfemn said philosophically "But you did say the ship was basically intact"

"Yes, that's true if we repair a hole in the hull, restore theoars, you could sail her into New York harbor"

"God, that's astounding Has Dr Gronquist been able to determine an aPProximate date on her?"