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"Didn't enter the Antarctic," repeated Hollis mechanically "Face the facts, man The last satellite photo of the ship showed her halfway between Cape Horn and the tip of the peninsula, stea hell-bent to the south"

"She had no place else to go," protested Dillenger

Pitt tapped a finger on the ragged ellan "Want to bet?"

Hollis stood frowning, baffled for a ht on His confusion vanished and total understanding beamed in his eyes "She doubled back," he said flatly

"Rudi had the key," Pitt acknowledged "The hijackers weren't about to co to risk detection by infrared photos They never had any intention of heading into the ice pack

Instead, they cut northwest and skirted the barren islands above Cape Horn"

Gunn looked relieved "The teo Everyone on board would be damned uncomfortable without warmth, but they'd survive"

"Then why the iceberg scam?" queried Giordino

"To appear as if they calved frolacier"

"Calved, like in cow?"

"Calving is the breaking away of an ice mass from an ice front or wall,"

Gunn clarified

Giordino stared down at the infrared photo "Glaciers this far north?"

"Several flon the ht hundred kilometers from where we're docked here in Punta Arenas," replied Pitt

"Where do you'reckon she is?" Hollis asked