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Автор Джеймс Роллинс
James Rollins
Ice Hunt
Map
Ice Station Grendel
Personnel
(1) Matthew Pike, an Alaska Fish and Game warden
(2) Jennifer Aratuk, sheriff for the Nunamiut and Inupiat tribes
(3) Junaquaat (John) Aratuk, retired
(4) Craig Teague, reporter for the
(5) Bennie and Belinda Haydon, owners of an ultralight sight-seeing company
(6) Bane, retired search-and-rescue dog, wolf/malamute cross
(1) Dr. Amanda Reynolds, an American engineer
(2) Dr. Oskar Willig, a Swedish oceanographer
(3) Dr. Henry Ogden, an American biologist
(4) Dr. Lee Bentley, a NASA researcher in material sciences
(5) Dr. Connor MacFerran, a Scottish geologist
(6) Dr. Erik Gustof, a Canadian meteorologist
(7) Lacy Devlin, a geology postgrad
(8) Magdalene, Antony, and Zane, biology postgrads
(1) Gregory Perry, captain of the
(2) Roberto Bratt, lieutenant commander and XO of the
(3) Kent Reynolds, admiral and commander of the Pacific Fleet
(4) Paul Sewell, lieutenant commander and head of base security for Omega
(5) Serina Washburn, lieutenant
(6) Mitchell Greer, lieutenant
(7) Frank O’Donnell, petty officer
(8) Tom Pomautuk, ensign
(9) Joe Kowalski, seaman
(10) Doug Pearlson, seaman
(11) Ted Kanter, master sergeant, Delta Forces
(12) Edwin Wilson, command sergeant major, Delta Forces
(1) Viktor Petkov, admiral and commander of the Russian Northern Fleet
(2) Anton Mikovsky, captain first rank of the
(3) Gregor Yanovich, diving officer and XO of the
(4) Stefan Yurgen, member of Leopard ops
Eskimo Village Vanishes!
ARCHIVED RECORD:
NOVEMBER 23, 1937
ESKIMO VILLAGE VANISHES!
RCMP Confirms Trapper’s Story
Lake Territory, November 23. The inspector for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police returned today to confirm the disappearance of an Eskimo village in the Northern Lakes region. Ten days ago, fur trapper Joe LaBelle contacted the RCMP to report a chilling discovery. While running a trapline, LaBelle snowshoed out to an isolated Eskimo village on the shores of Lake Anjikuni only to discover every inhabitant — man, woman, and child — had vanished from their huts and storehouses.
“It was as if every one of them poor folk up and took off with no more than the shirts on their backs. ”Inspector Pierre Menard of the RCMP returned with his team’s findings today and confirmed the trapper’s story. The village had indeed been found abandoned under most strange circumstances. “In our search, we discovered undisturbed foodstuff, gear, and provisions but no sign of the villagers. Not a single footprint or track. ” Even the Eskimos’ sled dogs were found buried under the snow, starved to death. But the most disturbing discovery of all was reported at the end: the Eskimos’ ancestral graves were found excavated and emptied.
The RCMP promises to continue the search, but for now the fate of the villagers remains a mystery.
