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Karla replied with a broad grin and threw the switch Power flowed into the antenna, where it was converted to pulses of electroy Austin had no precedent or experience to ith, so he was laying down a pattern of energy bursts in much the saes

They were over the ship an instant later Austin ordered the pilot to repeat the procedure, co runs, and the big plane seemed to take forever as it banked around in a wide turn and started back to lay down another series of charges

Again Zavala yelled out the five-hundred-yard ain Karla laid on the power

Another pass, another barrage of electronetic pulses flowed into the sea around the ship

"How long do we need to do this?" Zavala said

"Until we run out of fuel, and then some," Austin said with a steely determination in his voice

The mood was euphoric on the observation platform of the Polar Explorer

Margrave and Gant gazed up through the glass-paneled ceiling, their faces bathed in the pulsating, h above the ship Margrave's strange face never looked more satanic

"Spectacular!" Gant said in a rare show of emotion

Margrave stood behind the control consol He had been gradually accelerating the dynamos to full power, and the console was lit up like a pinball machine

"The aurora indicates we've reached critical netic waves have penetrated the ocean floor They'll change the electroe the pole over Keep an eye on the co flip"

Gant glanced at the co picture s

"So to the sea"

The ruffled surface of the ocean ione flat

"We're at the epicenter of the polar shift," Margrave said "A ring of giant waves will spin off fro circle There will be some vortexes around the perimeter"