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Antarktos Rising (Chapters 1 through 20) Flashcards

1
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author

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jeremy robinson

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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

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aimees husband

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merril

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nore goddess of love and fertility

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freda

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5
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aimee means

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love

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6
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a continent with land often confused with arctic conditions

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antarctica

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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

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8
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anguta french canadian wife

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elizabeth 5 children 7 grandchildren mixed marriage broke customes

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9
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37 year old russian alcoholic like the 45% of russians

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dmitry rostov

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10
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dmitrys reason to stop drinking

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viktoria Petroya whose perfume smelled like a rose

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11
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town in New Hamshire

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Portsmouth

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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

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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

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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

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15
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what was notable abou the humpback

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it was old like he hunter and had cataracts

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16
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what was vicktoria worried about

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radiation becuase her geiger counter was going crazy

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17
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why was victoria originally in siberia

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to investigate pollutants

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18
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victoria developed an illness

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she started to sweat

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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,

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20
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mirabelle noted this about the ocean

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it was retreating back like a tsunami

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21
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her estate used to belong to

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her parents

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22
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miras job was

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photographer

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23
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what strange thing did mira do when she was nervous

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clean counter shine sink

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24
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after an hour

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the sun still hadnt moved

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25
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looked on porch and saw

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70 ft wave of water

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26
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little girl who died near gate

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amber

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27
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water hit the steps of the house and miras head hit

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a chest

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28
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touched glass of door and it was

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freezing and there she saw 100s of feet of ice and snow

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29
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according to dr merrirll clark 3 parts of a proper prayer

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personal requests, praise to god, asking for forgiveness

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30
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10 years ago

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aimee disappeared suddenly in a snow storm

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31
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when aimee died

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merill abandoned his arctic research, returned to the states he felt his stubbornness cost him his wifes life

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32
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where and what did merrill teach

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at cambridge and harvard; paleontology and anthropology

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33
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merrills dogs name

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vesuvius

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34
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merrill moved in with

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mirabelle for 3 years in portsmouth left her and ent back to antarctica with fresh gear and vesuvius

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35
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when merrill got back to base camp everything

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was the way he left it

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36
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there was a crevasse 400m n of the n pole where there was no snow because of the

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catabolic wind

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37
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what did he find as soon as he got back

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freeze dried dinosaurs 12000 years old

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38
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changed to anthropology becuase he was more interested in

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human civilization in antarctica

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39
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merrill had supplies dropped from

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chile

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40
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he ha dbeen back to antarctica a year when

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on 7/21 god disturbed his plans was it an earthquake?

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41
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mira stayed warm with a

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deisel generatot she converted to use her home heating oil

42
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mira had food for

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1-3 months

43
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mira was in solitary confinement for

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33days then she ran out of power

44
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merrill felt shaking for

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30 days

45
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merrill then noticed

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temp was rising

46
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merrill was ok dying there

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because aimee died there

47
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merrill felt god put on anawfuls how for

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just one guy

48
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merrill regretted leaving

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mira

49
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define sinew

A

xx
noun

a tendon.

Often, sinews. the source of strength, power, or vigor:
the sinews of the nation.

strength; power; resilience:
a man of great moral sinew.

verb (used with object)

to furnish with sinews; strengthen, as by sinews.

50
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when merrill could finally focus he noticed that

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the vibrations stopped and he heard trickling water and that it had become warm and humid

51
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when he went up the switchbackk up path vesuvius went ahead a month ago it was all white now it was

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brown and gray and barren; antarctica had thawed and there was no volcano in sight

52
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mira wearing gortex and snowshoes packed

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camera, compass, tent, sleeping bag, clothing, ice ax, crampons, binoculars, first aid kit, handgun, ammunition

53
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mira hoped to be in boston in

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a week

54
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boston would have been ground zero for a wave but mira hoped she would find

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skyscraper tops

55
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noticed that the sun never set this is sometimes called an

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arctic sun

56
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mira saw a structure to break into it was

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the white steeple of a church wiht a gold cross

57
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what did merrill do when he first saw the landscape

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he grabbed a fistful of the dogs hair by accident

58
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the liv glacier was

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now he liv river and a valley of boulders

59
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he could see the ocean like he was in

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portsmouth

60
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air temp and water temp had risen and merrill though of

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mora

61
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if the whole ice cap melted the water would have rose 170ft but the house in portsmouth was at

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200 ft so there was a chance

62
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merrill set off an

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emergency GPS transmitter

63
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foot hurt he slif 10 feet then

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sunk in soil

64
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saw a color green and said he would name species

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after mira if she was still alive

65
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this was the 1st time mira felt that a church symbolized

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salvation

66
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what was headed for mira as she tried to get in steeple

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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
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mira found a hatch

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in the steeple floor

68
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the churhc had the odor of her

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childhood days pews, bibles, crayons ith frozen juice on table

69
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in the church she found

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candle and glasses which then illuminated a frozen congregation`

70
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4 ft wall was manamade and

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12000 years old

71
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what did vesuvius find under crate

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some kind of mammall never identified in book

72
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life witout water

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anhydrobiosis like sea monkeys

73
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dyest enviroment on earth was

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antarctica ice is not wet

74
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antartctica shifted between freezing and thawing every

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5000 years like a long night sleep

75
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church was a hoorid frozen scene bit mira envied them becuase they

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did not die alone

76
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she respected the psator

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becuase he mainteained his post

77
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she took the bible from

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pastor jeffs hands and heard a voice in her head say start at the beginning

78
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how many people did she hear come through the steeple

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3

79
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where did she hide in the church

A

in the dead congragation after blowing out the candles

80
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the plants grew so fast merrill compared them to

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sponges dipped in water

81
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with the snow melted how high was the wall

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25 ft not 4 anymore. constructed of huge blocks the size of station wagons

82
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how long was the bone vesuvious found

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5 foot human femur

83
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at first who did whitney think the three were

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new hampshire hick survivalists out to rape and kill her

84
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cruz tried to tell living from dead in church by

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tapping flashlight on the forehead

85
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who were the 3

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capn steven wright special forces, cruz the latino and ferrell

86
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merrill looked at fossil and saw

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teeth like lion, 12 ft goliath from bible, if that large must have arthirits,

87
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vesuvius and merrill started to have trouble after flowers bloomed from

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pollen reaction

88
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vesusvius used to snarl only at vacuum now it was

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some mammal mimicing a bird call 20 yards away rehydrated mammals would be hungry

89
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gear the rescue team had when tey got mira

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snowmobile, propane stobe soup

90
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a latino who is a us marine demolition expert and handsome, accidentally killed a village of 300 Taliban and ended up in Leavenworth

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cruz

91
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good at interpreting, might be psychic, sniper, merenary, lack ops, no treaties, assassin

A

kat Ferrell

92
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Boy scout Marine Seal

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Wright

93
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wy did the 3 want mira

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to help find dr merrill clark to ensure the continued existence of the United States

94
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what happened to the the US President

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DC vanished but the president was in the air with other oficials

95
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what happened to the US

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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
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coastlines everywhere were destroyed how many died

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1.5 -2.5 billion people

97
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some concerns

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starvation, disease, war, space, food

98
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mexicans and americans might kill each other for

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land

99
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why did the special team dress in civilian clothes

A

to not be noticed and they dirttied themselves to look like they had been camping

100
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where was new us capital

A

DAllas texas

101
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name of VP

A

Kyle

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