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The pilings extend into a cove slightly off to one side of the glacier"

"Approximate distance from the ship?"

"A baseball outfielder with a good arainst the hull"

"I should have seen it," Pitt murmured bitterly "I missed it, everyone missed it"

"What are you talking about?" demanded Findley,

"The terrorists' support team," answered Pitt The hijackers on the ship need an advance base for their escape They couldn't disembark at sea without detection and capture unless they had a submarine, which is impossible to find

without legiti The abandonedplace for helicopters And they can use the narrow-gauge railroad for co back and forth from the fjord"

"Hollis," said Gunn briefly, "We'd better inform him"

"Can't," said Giordino "Our friendly neighborhood Colonel refused to provide us with a radio"

"So hoarn Hollis?" Gunn put in

"No way" Pitt shrugged "But wetheir helicopters while pinning down any terrorist force in theHollis and his assault teams in a vise"

"There could be fifty of them," protested Findley "We're only four"

"'Their security is lax," Gunn pointed out "They don't expect anyone to drop in from the interior of a deserted island in the middle of a storm"

"Rudi's right," said Giordino "If they were alert they'd have been onto us by now I vote we evict the bastards"

"We have surprise on our side," Pitt continued "As long as we stay careful and keep undercover in the dark, we can keep them off balance"