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Under Arctic Ice
Under Arctic Ice
Ken Torrance races Poleward to the aid of the submarine Peary, trapped in an icy limbo of avenging sealmen.
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he locked the port and strapped the inner body harness around him; and then he waited.
Now it was all chance. If the plane crashed into clear water, he was safe; but if she hit ice.... He put that thought from him.
The locked controls held the amphibian for perhaps thirty seconds. Then with a scream the storm-giant took her. A mad up-current of wind hurled her high, whirled her dizzily, toyed with her--and then she spun and dove. Down, down, down; down with a speed so wild Ken grew faint; down through the core of a maelstrom of snow till she crashed.
Kenneth Torrance knew a sudden shaking impact; for an instant there was uncertainty; and then came all-pervading quiet....
CHAPTER III.
The Fate of the Peary
Quiet, and utter, liquid darkness.
Liquid! Around him, Ken heard a gurgling, at first loud and close, then subsiding to a low whispering of currents. The amphibian had hit water.
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A fairly good pulp action story. Whaler Torrance is the only one who knows the missing sub has been trapped by the arctic sealmen. So he comes to their rescue in a stolen torpoon (mini-sub). The action sequences are good, there's nice tension. Everyone in the story owns a Y chromosome; there isn't a woman around above or under the ice, not even to rescue.
Four stars for the action plot; two stars for depth of character.
Four stars for the action plot; two stars for depth of character.
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An interesting story and well worth reading
01/12/2010
Well worth the read with strong character development and exciting descriptions of adventure.
12/14/2009
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