Antarktos Rising (Chapters 1 through 20) Flashcards
1
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author
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jeremy robinson
2
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the more rapidl a civilization prgresses
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the sooner it dies for another to rise in its place
3
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aimees husband
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merril
4
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nore goddess of love and fertility
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freda
5
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aimee means
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love
6
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a continent with land often confused with arctic conditions
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antarctica
7
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early character tried to kill humpback
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anguta 51 years old couldnt because as he hit whale eye everything including him froze
8
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anguta french canadian wife
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elizabeth 5 children 7 grandchildren mixed marriage broke customes
9
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37 year old russian alcoholic like the 45% of russians
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dmitry rostov
10
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dmitrys reason to stop drinking
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viktoria Petroya whose perfume smelled like a rose
11
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town in New Hamshire
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Portsmouth
12
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lived in a red Victorian on the hill
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Mirabelle Whitney with blond hair and brown skin
13
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Mira’s psychologist friend
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Cindy Beckett whom she told she wanted to make a trip to Antarctica
14
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what was weird about the weather in Portsmouth
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the cold front and heat ave were battling for supremacy
15
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what was notable abou the humpback
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it was old like he hunter and had cataracts
16
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what was vicktoria worried about
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radiation becuase her geiger counter was going crazy
17
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why was victoria originally in siberia
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to investigate pollutants
18
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victoria developed an illness
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she started to sweat
19
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dmitry yelled get to the helicopter because he thought there was a
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volcano eruption. they died as weather changed,
20
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mirabelle noted this about the ocean
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it was retreating back like a tsunami
21
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her estate used to belong to
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her parents
22
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miras job was
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photographer
23
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what strange thing did mira do when she was nervous
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clean counter shine sink
24
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after an hour
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the sun still hadnt moved
25
looked on porch and saw
70 ft wave of water
26
little girl who died near gate
amber
27
water hit the steps of the house and miras head hit
a chest
28
touched glass of door and it was
freezing and there she saw 100s of feet of ice and snow
29
according to dr merrirll clark 3 parts of a proper prayer
personal requests, praise to god, asking for forgiveness
30
10 years ago
aimee disappeared suddenly in a snow storm
31
when aimee died
merill abandoned his arctic research, returned to the states he felt his stubbornness cost him his wifes life
32
where and what did merrill teach
at cambridge and harvard; paleontology and anthropology
33
merrills dogs name
vesuvius
34
merrill moved in with
mirabelle for 3 years in portsmouth left her and ent back to antarctica with fresh gear and vesuvius
35
when merrill got back to base camp everything
was the way he left it
36
there was a crevasse 400m n of the n pole where there was no snow because of the
catabolic wind
37
what did he find as soon as he got back
freeze dried dinosaurs 12000 years old
38
changed to anthropology becuase he was more interested in
human civilization in antarctica
39
merrill had supplies dropped from
chile
40
he ha dbeen back to antarctica a year when
on 7/21 god disturbed his plans was it an earthquake?
41
mira stayed warm with a
deisel generatot she converted to use her home heating oil
42
mira had food for
1-3 months
43
mira was in solitary confinement for
33days then she ran out of power
44
merrill felt shaking for
30 days
45
merrill then noticed
temp was rising
46
merrill was ok dying there
because aimee died there
47
merrill felt god put on anawfuls how for
just one guy
48
merrill regretted leaving
mira
49
define sinew
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noun
1.
a tendon.
2.
Often, sinews. the source of strength, power, or vigor:
the sinews of the nation.
3.
strength; power; resilience:
a man of great moral sinew.
verb (used with object)
4.
to furnish with sinews; strengthen, as by sinews.
50
when merrill could finally focus he noticed that
the vibrations stopped and he heard trickling water and that it had become warm and humid
51
when he went up the switchbackk up path vesuvius went ahead a month ago it was all white now it was
brown and gray and barren; antarctica had thawed and there was no volcano in sight
52
mira wearing gortex and snowshoes packed
camera, compass, tent, sleeping bag, clothing, ice ax, crampons, binoculars, first aid kit, handgun, ammunition
53
mira hoped to be in boston in
a week
54
boston would have been ground zero for a wave but mira hoped she would find
skyscraper tops
55
noticed that the sun never set this is sometimes called an
arctic sun
56
mira saw a structure to break into it was
the white steeple of a church wiht a gold cross
57
what did merrill do when he first saw the landscape
he grabbed a fistful of the dogs hair by accident
58
the liv glacier was
now he liv river and a valley of boulders
59
he could see the ocean like he was in
portsmouth
60
air temp and water temp had risen and merrill though of
mora
61
if the whole ice cap melted the water would have rose 170ft but the house in portsmouth was at
200 ft so there was a chance
62
merrill set off an
emergency GPS transmitter
63
foot hurt he slif 10 feet then
sunk in soil
64
saw a color green and said he would name species
after mira if she was still alive
65
this was the 1st time mira felt that a church symbolized
salvation
66
what was headed for mira as she tried to get in steeple
an arctic hurricane aka a polar low a fierce freak storm with 150 mph winds that launched hail; she used axe to get in
67
mira found a hatch
in the steeple floor
68
the churhc had the odor of her
childhood days pews, bibles, crayons ith frozen juice on table
69
in the church she found
candle and glasses which then illuminated a frozen congregation`
70
4 ft wall was manamade and
12000 years old
71
what did vesuvius find under crate
some kind of mammall never identified in book
72
life witout water
anhydrobiosis like sea monkeys
73
dyest enviroment on earth was
antarctica ice is not wet
74
antartctica shifted between freezing and thawing every
5000 years like a long night sleep
75
church was a hoorid frozen scene bit mira envied them becuase they
did not die alone
76
she respected the psator
becuase he mainteained his post
77
she took the bible from
pastor jeffs hands and heard a voice in her head say start at the beginning
78
how many people did she hear come through the steeple
3
79
where did she hide in the church
in the dead congragation after blowing out the candles
80
the plants grew so fast merrill compared them to
sponges dipped in water
81
with the snow melted how high was the wall
25 ft not 4 anymore. constructed of huge blocks the size of station wagons
82
how long was the bone vesuvious found
5 foot human femur
83
at first who did whitney think the three were
new hampshire hick survivalists out to rape and kill her
84
cruz tried to tell living from dead in church by
tapping flashlight on the forehead
85
who were the 3
capn steven wright special forces, cruz the latino and ferrell
86
merrill looked at fossil and saw
teeth like lion, 12 ft goliath from bible, if that large must have arthirits,
87
vesuvius and merrill started to have trouble after flowers bloomed from
pollen reaction
88
vesusvius used to snarl only at vacuum now it was
some mammal mimicing a bird call 20 yards away rehydrated mammals would be hungry
89
gear the rescue team had when tey got mira
snowmobile, propane stobe soup
90
a latino who is a us marine demolition expert and handsome, accidentally killed a village of 300 Taliban and ended up in Leavenworth
cruz
91
good at interpreting, might be psychic, sniper, merenary, lack ops, no treaties, assassin
kat Ferrell
92
Boy scout Marine Seal
Wright
93
wy did the 3 want mira
to help find dr merrill clark to ensure the continued existence of the United States
94
what happened to the the US President
DC vanished but the president was in the air with other oficials
95
what happened to the US
Southern states OK, hawaii destroyed, north under snow and ice, alaska had some survive undergroun, canade had no survivors, japan only 500000, mexico and s america di better but had wildfires and drought
96
coastlines everywhere were destroyed how many died
1.5 -2.5 billion people
97
some concerns
starvation, disease, war, space, food
98
mexicans and americans might kill each other for
land
99
why did the special team dress in civilian clothes
to not be noticed and they dirttied themselves to look like they had been camping
100
where was new us capital
DAllas texas
101
name of VP
Kyle
