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"What's the nature of this expedition?"
"Science fiction Some crazy Russians and Japanese hope to find DNA from a woolly mammoth that can be cloned into a live creature Look, here on the other side of the island, where the permafrost had been eroded, there are natural inlets"
Austin saw an elongated shape lying in a cove "A boat?"
"Whoever owns it didn't want to be seen or they would have come into the main harbor I think the assassins have arrived"
"How soon can we get there?"
"Ten hours The boat will do forty knots, but the distances here are vast, and we may be slowed by ice"
"We don't have that long"
"I agree That's why I have lanced at his watch "In forty-five minutes, a seaplane will arrive here from the mainland After it refuels, it will take you and Zavala to a rendezvous with the icebreaker Kotelny, which is between Wrangel Island and the polar ice A trip of about three hours by air The icebreaker will transport you to Ivory Island"
"What about you and your friends?"
"We will leave as soon as you do, and, with any luck, we'll arrive sometime tomorrow"
 
; Austin reached out and gripped Petrov's hand "I can't thank you enough, Ivan"
"I should be the one thanking you Yesterday, I was rotting into save a damsel in distress"
"IZavala away," Austin said
His fears were unfounded, as it turned out When he returned to thewith one of Petrov'soff by theed in animated conversation