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"Everything has been transferred"

They got in the car, which drove the dock A boat about sixty feet long was tied up at the end of the dock Several way

Austin got out of the car and asked about the words painted in Cyrillic on the white hull

"Arctic Tours It's a real tourist coodforsaken places for obscene sums of money I have chartered the boat for a few days If anyone asks, we are taking some Boy Scouts on a nature tour"

As Petrov escorted the two e had appeared ht, with one duffel bag apiece, and the two bags that Austin asked be given special attention

Petrov led thelance around to see that this was no tourist boat Most of the built-in furniture had been re a stationary table in the center and padded benches along the perimeter Die unifor an impressive array of automatic weapons

"I see your Boy Scouts are preparing for their es in marksmanship What do you think, Joe?"

"I'm more interested in the Girl Scout," Zavala said He went over and struck up a conversation with the young Russian woman

Austin gave Petrov a questioning look

"I know you said that a quiet approach was necessary," Petrov said "I areement These people are only here in reserve Look, there are only six of them Not a whole army"

"They're packing ," Austin observed

"Weyou up to date on the situation"

Petrov led the way to a coe envelope on the bunk He extracted a nuraphs from the envelope and handed the in through the porthole The photos showed various views of a long, grayish island with a doughnut-shaped mountain in the center of the landmass

"Ivory Island?" he said

"The vieere taken by satellite over the last several days" Petrov produced a slass from his pocket He pointed to an indentation in the south side of the island "This is the natural, deepwater harbor that the icebreaker, which supplies and transports the expedition, uses in co The ship dropped Karla Janos off here two days ago to join an expedition already in progress"